5

toes contained by nothing but cloth

soft lamb’s nose pink silk wrapping

tight coils of history

clenching without effort-the unnatural state formed by subservient motions

a bitter, fuming milk water to course through the nerves

transport one bundle to the next

quarters in a vessel from across the atlantic

no form

just sensing

these demands which have surfaced since time’s brink

circling in the tangible realm

finding solace by cloak of darkness and ether

a moss ticked creek merges with bone white and haunting blue wisps

the warm brown tonic shoots off fireworks

a muddle begins to leak smoke

announcements fall and tumble off covered ears