Remover

Remover

hope is our innards pasted on the skin of trees
amulets of wisdom sung
to ward off evil

a billow of arabic gum, egg whites
laughter
beeswax in a mesh of solitude
apply gently

one part each orchid petals
and sorrow
combine with the sole of a shoe
bake for two hours
leaves a color ranging from sane to dread

shot with the temerity of thunder
why oh why do we love
when living is criminal enough for plagues

water drips down
ages waiting for a door that never opens
hoping for any moment to believe...

news of your death was not unexpected
in review
had seen it coming for weeks,
imagined in night fears as a child

dew on the armpits of a dove
a stank stale sweat that kept us alive
reminding us to hold when
fears chase
boundaries of forgiveness

stay silent in this moment
linger like a simmering harlot
raw as her sunset fades against the heat
hoping for clarification

stains rip finger dykes to draw
an intricate design on fading hands
of Machiavellian dreamlike

your chinese laundry harem dance
like manuscript lines
replicate trust only to disown

put on your spectacles – see
the spawn of tunnels
leading to an onslaught of myth
creation vibration cessation hypothesis

wondered if i could make bad things not happen
if i thought of exactly how they might

the synthesis of all words burns inside
my sinus tachycardia like a heart attack
clandestine horror drifts in and out

seethe in a moment while
bantering nonsense aches to be eased
into a black hole
a mass of meanings

when all the primordial ooze has dried
like cum on withered flanks /and the
sparkle and shine of the sea washes dull
in a pale following

you stumble in on gangly legs
bending at the knee and trembling to rise
suckle love from an unwilling breast...

a ‘what if ’ test to find out
how i might handle reality

emotion is a bottleneck
purpose misdirected

where is the release valve
where is the nail
to split my