Thursday, November 18, 2021

She Weighs Each Word

 

so needed its kleptic, sore polite awesomeness, if chewing at depths; made inaudible creatures, blade laudable souls, if gruff it burns—more guffaw in dens, sour panic to mature.

cascading ethics, scruples afire, pulled contrary to nature—

films outside, souls percolating, pouring into a kettle; made novelists, fury at nuanced pains, nurturing sensations;

born cursed to find fire,

so innocent to feel tamed,

some tenet as privileged.

if also fancy such guile, if to placate such resistance, a man weighs, determining permanence, upon time in waves. distressed affection, dimmer lights, courage skies … sure anxiety, palpitations, art displayed, depicted in walking away.

Time was Brief

    With deeper allure—to ward off ghosts—melancholia is an empire. Such dialogue confuses—: one wrestling despair. It was remote living, in...