Tag: ritual
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Ritual Cleanliness
Stained to lavabo Hands lathered Unreluctant celebrant Ineluctable cleanliness Pleasant scent as of meadowed heaven Septuagint abeyant, bathing my hands Mouthing Psalm twenty five I will wash my hands in innocence O Lord so will compass altar thine I will be altered by it Change in the truly compliant Miracle upon belief reliant. Sighing in…
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Washing of Hands
Death what but chance taken Priest barded charblack armour Gospel ardour, holds his arms Water pure cascading ewer Holy waste unfit a sewer Circles sacrarium’s grate.
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Ritual in the Forest
Silvan, watered well these riverdwellers Riven dell delves to elfin places Liminal hymns lift him, hint heaven, he is silverhead His chin whiskers suncoloured, his motley array clanking as his wideberthed bay makes her way Hair to his shoulders shimmering wet, westsetting sun rising eastward yet Stars like confetti strewn again the voidhewn hem of…
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The King Must Have Intercourse With A Horse
Mass to grove gods given in the deep motte, ashes impressed onto the brow and chest in blessing Twisting trees like matted hair on a woodwose breast, the sacred whore undressing The crown-conferring horse is led into a storm of golden confetti Her setting mimics that of a horse inviting, a cover of shear netting…
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