Spectrous aberrations of youth Surround him, embrace him Leaving him disoriented, dismayed Amidst sultry belongings He’s tethered to that pole of vicissitude Draped by disfavor Postmarked Valhalla Addressed to Folkvangr Teased by irreverent lovers In pursuit of contentment His chronicles restart In an unpublished testament Bound by leather, cows unfettered One lifeless body stationary Crimson streams part chalk-dry lips As love’s guillotined victim drips His future’s fortune forsaken Willingness to triumph in battle Leaks from this dimension With each fluxing discharge Of her stream’s outgoing apathy And his fluid permeates alluvium In streambeds near life’s summit