2006...
...
We: silent and dead lily white, alphosis
lips.
In the brothel they make babuinas of our fingers,
...............tell us where to sit,
stand,
kneel
before rubied decanters
--bruises deep, empurpled
....................hyson leaf marks, faint craquelure
.............of vine-work
peeling a weak girl's baroque skin back
........................with
mosquito suck precision--
lest Persephone do please[anything free, libertine,
raw venom unto itself]
.................................shall count with abacus
............................days we hide in man's shadow.
(Listenlight #01, 2006)