Wednesday, November 17, 2021

The Great Illness

 

the ebb of its bract, soft, supple leakage, a face asking its witness.

into the wizening soul, saturated by wilting, a grogged soul, loving its invisibility—those features, cherry eyes, mangled spirit, to understand without words—The Great Affliction, surrendered to chimes, as winds winnow sands.

pores spray intense pain, so gorgeous in physicality, so much a creature of lusts, ebbing our bract, veins in our leaf, sorrow in our greetings.

so indecent inside, the ocean is in there, falling into an abyss, grappling at metallic walls, slipping, sliding, trying for footing, awakening in cold, clammy, desert humidity. the right to trek miles, to meet shamans, doubtful, trying, language, hassling hearts—those fumes, no one around, those screams, shrinking into carpet, cupping shags; the distance in the rage, so mean, carrying a shelter of winds. ruing insistence, abandoned in a sense, so agitated by spectators—fuel is low, the world is tugging, if to take this space, wouldn’t wish on others.

the spoor of the animal, such a great affliction, solace comes through intentionality. so jealous of normality, so much in blindness, if to know what one has in possession: esoteric pastures, mystic meadows, deep insights—so infused when it chimes, so imbalanced-balanced, equanimity is indelicate, time might speak immortality.

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    The strength to withstand the winds; a spell as it effects/affects some creature. A sudden moment filled with absolute certainty, so wro...