plainchant's bell,

heavier than

a village's earshot.

spins like a clocktower.

whose candle snuffer

is a widower.

overgiven to pause.

once in longhand, twice

in shorthand.

twice in longhand--once

in shorthand.

familiarities destinate,

right there.

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.