the interiorized slow dance

of a crystal ball--lays curves

over the feathers of winged

serpents.

who are shaken into place

through high grass--the

directional pause of full flight.

a beating back ingestion.

their eyes melt into their skulls--

so the incense of ouroboros

may issue.

poor wretches of hallowed staffs--

transients of Edenic boughs.