...

[[ a hushed disequilibrium ]]
.

........the elastic diagrams of palms
......search for hidden matrices: press

............................leathern

............spirals, ellipses outward,
...............flesh-flushes into skein--
......................bone rivulets

......once the doorway sat
...................stilled
......once through my body
........a fierce khamsin blew
...bottled air, blankets of sand

once

.......................once


a beautiful Arab
carpenter refused
.................the wooden slats
.......of my spine; they arched--
nonetheless--to spite him;

my mons veneris sat inside a cup
.......I watched it bloom into
.....a shrinking violet [James1:10],
..lavender pulp [Song of Solomon 6:24]
...it was the gentlest heresy,
.................................................maigre

...once

....the brashest language
..........of my tongues
....slowly ate themselves
...................to death

then the green ants
.......of dream--who fell

from the clouds--
....dissected

.......me