skin of oxygen

 

        

i.

table of lamps 

bladder of needlessness

a cricket to green peas

grafting time onto sweetcheeks

 

stung garlic

the sound of samantha

observe how flesh moves away from the bone

the cornstalks the starlings

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loveless amphetamine echoing

a breathless angina redoubling

a tooth in the field

a hand in the lake

 

abbreviate the thought

incriminate the loved ones

the potions on the table

of the table like that

 

when she talked it was like the rippling of bookcases i mean the semblance of birds on the precipice of a cliff near the ocean and the buzzing of bees from a clearing in 

the forest

 

 

ii.

threads of mercury on a lazy pillow

a rope of sweat again

and when she laughed my semblance was slaughtered

left mumbling on the hill

 

the sting of brightness in the eye

impervious to winter

a carton of regret

the small dinner they had that evening

 

of forest green 

raw sienna

burnt orange

the delight

of reminiscence

supine idols

confident from the vine

lactating generations

fumble of artistry

residue of delight

like oil on the skin to him

like water on the fur to her

 

then something that neither had heard

then something that neither had heard

then something that neither had heard

then something then neither then heard

 

or forgotten

 

iii.

“but i thought it was the man in the corner, you know, the one wearing the brown suit. a cigar in his right hand, unlit. i found it strange. he, standing in the corner there, looking at the spot on the wall. the spot was in the shape of an egg.”

 

granite.

 

skin of whispers

bladders and organs

musk of reason

monstrous dewdrops

bowl of insight

soot of tears

caste of intrigue

paste of regression

mother of hands

 

dexterous

soliloquoy

 

pearl.

 

stalactite whispers

what is this or is this that

the milkweed bugs whisper

little boy, no not that apple, the other one 

 

iv.

evolutionary score

genetic scour

heretic flower

seasonal wing

sorrow on springs

extra sensation

anticipation

blank ink on the floor

an injunction against what we long for

tumult & code

fish & amphib

fingers to live

skin & synapse

love without relapse

the ravaged mind

 

field of ambrosia

look     up        yes       i           said     that     way

it’s not the churning of butter but it’s the sky when it turns that color, that color i 

can’t bear.

 

to be standing at the kings cross station on argyle street

to be dipping our legs into the field of ambrosia

to look up into the sky that color of butter

 

v.

inchoate breath

quelled amnesia

the sky rests by my side

i rip through the luster

there is oxygen left

within waves of distorted pinkishness

you look up into the sky

to find another (sky)

i sigh

butter

on his eyelids

<and skin>

 

vi.

and wafting <and skin)

and like fragrant duress <and skin>

washing ton <and skin>

scenic response <and skin>

pilgrim <and skin>

stacophany <and skin>

edit <skin>

interpret <skin>

wafting <and skin>

waiting silent domu <and skin>

caught a nectar retardation <peach>

silky snaking evergreed <reached>

milken dom tabersnackle <and skin>

fro-lu milken labu draxtle <achin’>

minister measley molecule to tackle <boxin’ proxy>

mrs. moxy

mr. roxy

baby foxy

mike and rosie

tom and trixie

bite and licksy

spike the mixy

bike to mexi

or ride a lexi

down to texi

take a taxi

ride the back seat

stack seed <and skin>

sink a tomafroth <and skin>

weed the moshu chicken <and skin>

wait a moment <and skin>

seek within <and skin>

sink with him <and skin>

pink the pilgrim <onceagain>

 

vii.

a hymn

a lip

a tick

a stigmata of mercury

                                    sinuous debt

 

viii.

a. interpret calligraphy

b. ruminate interior

c. envision stickbugs

d. placate dragon

e. luxuriate blood

f. implode exterior

 

ix.

car car

g. car car

d. car

decomposing dress it was the decomposing dress

c. car car

d. car car

e. car

e. car

it was the decomposing dress in the field of ivory mushrooms

c. car

d. car

e. car car car

e. car

in the field of ivory mushrooms

a toothless fairy-sack wall

e. car

f. car

d. car fairy-sack wall

e. car fairy-sack wall tooth

a. car fairy-sack-wall-tooth-ivory-muscle

fairy-sack wall-tooth ivory-muscle

fairy sack

wall tooth

ivory muscle

 

 

 

x.

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it was 3am freedom from suffering

 

we suffered from our freedoms

 

and ate again what made us sick

 

but then we ate again and again

 

and gained and gained

 

the rain began we slept until dawn

 

another fattened season

 

of freedom fries and coke zero