Alchemisland

Brutal rectangular fortress Windowed metal Of case resolution Searching online for social profiles of deranged persons Thousand word post replies lacking punctuation, detailing government harassment Fire damaged photographs shared as evidence of nefarious plots Beside her scrapbook, the heat-sagging fireguard of a Djeep lighter she bought in Texaco Pity first but the contagion of mistrust;…

Dappled place murmurs heavy with information Lipids lapis lazuli lakes lean-to lentil and larch larking lepidopterists lepus Bottom’s up, and so below Gorget of burnished gold which elden dwarves made, men swear Unimaginable arts evinced in the art of the eldest elders, sufficient to invite lunacy Appearance of new acheiropoieta Long time now since miracles…

Almoner late grows sick, wretched poverty afflicts him  Empty bowl wide black hole, where light was now’s dim Late blooming blossom in Spring pink as girldom dim white albumen Stained undercarriage marriage swan white satin swims its song  Late Winter furied at its stymying flays January Tundric ermine warms her slender neck, drapes ragged ruin…

Eerie my quiet place in sleepless city’s soundful evening Erie fatal descent but for the sounding senses Diving death assured depths rebounding Cupping returning the thrum hubbub hum rising resounding Desert sand psalms written for now-deserted sepulchres alien to the city We’ve put the Mandylion on a slow wash.

Sealed shirt with blemishless napkin waterfalling Invertebrate table manner number 1: no elbows Wincing, bracing-for-worst butlers hold leg-loud trays aloft Feast my fears served on silver platters First my worst: spiders aggrieved at granddads I spattered, shoe-sole tomb Fear I fought, feast despite it, on course the full course with dessert room