Tame

...
...
time will see arabesque as achromatic
-------no chain helix stretched--------
......................tumor/polyp burst
geometric cell debris [of stained glass implode]

1.

no acajou, petal, shade of palm
.............to hide--never benign
...................of ribbed leaf
dwarfish, cold of finger, curled
at tip-----
are, are not ripe amarelle
trapped in adder's tongue,

2.
................no violet centrifuge
rich with lavender spun from center
as tempera, as tender flowers enveloped
in death threat letters.

...............persistence color
no more, no less than
............monochrome mouth of Venus
and sable

4.

make lack with black and white
strip from meaning being, to
............die-out with name
----------soon------------



(Eratio, #7, 2006)