Clusters

...
...
a circle crosses that of a circle,
gentle blur's circumference

where exhaust is born plump--
suckling fetus and be death-gone all that
palpates with these metronome
machines

are ivory-laden bells
[nothing ever sounds
good in ivory,

nor yellow-white, neon-colored,
earthen-hued--

nothing is an impeccable
bubble]

I cling to with ear


(Melancholia's Tremulous Dreadlocks, 2006)