●Sunken to my basalisk heart● ○the drums of nebula bursting○ •Saturn sliding down my shoulder• °-Lupus circling the lunar fire-° ◇A flask of ivory,◇ ¤in the diamond flesh.¤ •This mirror glinting•, ○Steel jaws meet my neck.○ ~Casting amethyst over my hair.~ | Reflections scratching at the mist. | ______ "You look lovely covered in words." A luminous face, pale and lean. Spirited as foxes, a shadowman in gunpowder chain. Ghost. "I think you mean sleeves of poetry." .
In memory of Jack Addison. Your grave looks lovely in stale moonlight. I'm sorry.