MANNEQUIN IN A |
DEATH-MASK AND |
NOTHING ELSE, |
PERFECTLY SMOOTH |
DEPILATED, |
EXSANGUINATED, |
BALL AND SOCKET |
DOUBLE JOINTED |
SEAMLESS WELDS |
ON WELDS ON WELDS, |
PAPER WASP |
NEST CAVITY |
SMALL WORSHIPS |
SMALL DEVOTIONS |
MONUMENT-BUILDER, |
MACHINE-MAKER, |
FATHER SON FATHER |
WITH THE WEIGHT |
OF SIX HUNDRED |
SYLACAUGA MARBLE LAMBS |
SHOULDERED, BURIED, |
CROSS-BEARER, |
BANNER-WEARER, |
DEAD IN A GRAVE |
GOING EIGHTY-FIVE |
ON THE FREEWAY, |
CROSS-COUNTRY |
LONG-DISTANCE |
SILENT PHONE CALLS |
UNDER WATER, |
IF YOU CANNOT |
AFFORD AN ATTORNEY |
ONE WILL |
BE APPOINTED |
TO YOU, |
SO-CALLED GRAVE-ROBBER, |
SO-CALLED SPELL-CASTER, |
ABOMINATION UPON |
ABOMINATION HORRORS |
OF THE FLESH |
AND OF THE EYES |
SO-CALLED THE FATHER, |
SO-CALLED THE SON, |
SO-CALLED THE CHURCH, |
SO-CALLED THE STEEPLE, |
SO-CALLED THE DOOR, |
SO-CALLED THE PEOPLE |
YOU IN YOUR |
PILLARS OF SALT |
IN YOUR ABSTRACTIONS |
IN YOUR ASHES, GRIEVING, |
TEARING TO PIECES |
TEARING TO NOTHING |
HERE IS YOUR FUNERAL ROOM, |
EMPTY, |
AS IT ALWAYS WAS |
AND ALWAYS IS |
AND ALWAYS WILL BE. |