reliquary

                                   Reliquary

 

                                    occurrence of the day

                                    in veils, whir

                                    of the hospital

                                    laundry mat. Whirring.

                                    Dandelion wine

                                    bitter with pearls.

                                    Ball bearings, wood,

                                    ball bearings. A meal,

                                    intestinal clockwork,

                                    circle of the radio dial

                                    ending, twice. Noon's

                                    pitchforks. Garlic

                                    hoof. Coins, on a table,

                                    an unworn lorgnette. Initials

                                    carved into the wood

                                    of wood. Unaltered

                                    in the colander, eggs.

                                    Rain drops transmitted

                                    via piano wire do

                                    telephone poles.

                                    Nostril, bone hole,

                                    as in birds. Blood

                                    worms. Incommunicado:

                                    light bulb and black marker

                                    minuscule, public restroom.

                                    For the wicked. Martens,

                                    scattering. Abandoned

                                    cars, wraiths. Assemblies

                                    of shadows, cordillera.

                                    If categorized, all

                                    gradations of black�"

                                    Milk of magnesia.

                                    Streetlight, caterwaul,

                                    aliyah of chimeras.

                                    Paramour's first regret,

                                    blade of departure. Ice,

                                    leaf vein, meandering, flame,

                                    acetylene shakes. Coats,

                                    moth-lined and great. Bouillon

                                    cubes in a box. Suicides,

                                    wind chimes' stories. Steeped

                                    tea. Rosewood, bergamot,

                                    yang-yin, daddylonglegs.

                                    From silver samovars,

                                    caviar. Fish skulls, eggshells,

                                    coffee grounds, rinds,

                                    in the garden, planted nails.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Daniel Affsprung]

This is very interesting to me for some reason, avant-garde in a good way. Ill keep an eye out for anything new you post