a wolf unwrapping

auger shadows--hits a

patch of black ice.

as only a crossroad

loses traction--surrounded

by corn.

then certain scarecrows

hit growth charts of fear.

well above the treetops of

backwoods.

hailing the intruder.

black lip liner

applied by a rose's

flip mirror.

precise enough to

look away--as it

becomes a globe.

puckering smudge

marks on certain

creases.

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"Beau Is Afraid".

Ari Aster's idiosyncratic

interpolation,

of: "Hereditary".

writer/filmmaker.

who spoke of its gestational

period (in an interview).

ninth to the month.

immuring a pop up watchtower.

unbricking shapely shadows,

that refuse to puzzle over

the downtime of words.

there's a *****...

on either

pointer finger.

the weight of

worlds

are

pre chosen.

splaying exactions.

on a single tile.

the crackle of blackbirds...

between raindrops,

endowing snow.

the final quarter of a drawn

curtain.