born a carpenter such cemetery-eyes a
creature a carnival a damn dynasty. such heaven in softness or feathers held by
friction while losing a man might love his self. by devastation to hate his
reflection so doomed so recalculated. hereinto, these acoustic bones those
forests burning the chorus ignored. to achieve you such dew those morning
scars, as action was non-action or history so shady while you received one
version, so rehearsed so memorized while so inculcated, but rivers to hands or
clouds to eyes if but to listen to a stranger. an afternoon aftermath. or
afterthought apparel. so clothed in steep gravel. to hear havens as hells or an
appliance speaking Swahili in sand or palms, the churning face so distorted but
done unto self. but a beginner or a begging man where brilliance slipped right
pass—such a bomb in bowels such dissonance to declare so awesome our artillery.
if to love as souls depart while oceans stand as accusers. the pan or pot the
kettle or kite while such preciousness becomes comedy. a bag of sympathies, or
boundaries so firm for blackness, while mother might ask for seventy years. so
much cabbage so depleted while roaming desolate parks—the mind’s faucet the
firm goodbye or so strange one says he will never be alright; or over yonder, a
man for pleasures, where it matters not his disease. our mittens squeamish our
ministers stolen as something moving silence. the mystic theologian the poetic
politician or tugged for pulled while a black man can’t be too smart. such
forbidden avenues such accustomed curses while it’s better to hide, disguised
in muddy stupidity. those bats inside those tennis balls as thoughts or the
suffocating bun. in pains one writes in shivers one debates while nothing quite
triumphs. the obligation that screams. or someone unfitting a wall. or gravity
to life most souls carry a mop. nonetheless, such handkerchiefs or holy scarves,
while boxers chase the hen. to speak with fervor to adore calmly while never a
soul more disappointed. a passenger on a long ride. a president as a lone wolf.
or a stranger riding a volcano.
