eight gutted rattlesnakes

neatly wrapped around

a Saguaro Cactus.

bound like a barren

hostage.

extreme temperature

fluctuation installed a

potent strain of darkened

arts.

strobing moths, the breadth

of a baby's open hand--

off the air as quick as their

first debut.

pinned to every needle.

Antarktikos...

overlays truing north.

so metaphor can

twice-place.

the embedment of

meaning

before thing~

as gray is intermission's

supposedly...

pegged with rotted fruits,

& fresher vegetables.

by stagehands that spray

paint lightbulbs of memory.

with enough pressurizations

to loosen them.

so they will eventually

disperse the: Tao.

a dragnet

comes up--

a sample grid of

shorn simpaticos...

waiting to fit into

the ripples.

of an unreleased

maritime report.

as if fore-harnessed,

by the indisputable

anchor of the Atlantic.

astroturf--

paving a surreptitious

city.

blowing backups of

spotlight.

without incident.

candy poppies shooting

up.

melting into helmets

that peer down.

a quartet

plays across a

horsehair.

(you can't even

see the bow coming).

despite the bloomage

of attendant instruments.

a pigeon encasing

its chest.

extends a bassy

trill.

shimmying on the

lid of a dented ashcan.

pecking in & out with:

yellow/red/blue marbles.

(in no particular order).

classic Wonder bread.