[as yet untitled]

ball of song center chest
blue throb over roll
hurricane dice delight
stained glass beer ceiling
Blessed are thee amongst girls
grinning against a mirror
shawl-dressed statues
lamp grapes tree stem
laptop lady in black
blond liquor cabinet
on clawfooted drunkenness--
dreaming as it all
fades from you,
lamb racked, with mint,
checks cashed with cherries
cashews the favoured
waitress slivered wireless
the hook is holiness guilt
vibrations from the altar
the Word of the Lord
florist's oasis slake
dusty ivy forever
copper bar bent
wood vodka washed
women the stage flipped,
stacked, stood for
flaming lights and lost
bills bells on rings
strings of seeds silken
thigh of the Buddha
in an iron lotus.

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12.16.05
MWL