July 24, 2022:
Three Verses Excerpted From a Longer Song
I.
Mark the miles with melatonin, two perfect circles intertwined.
Age, endorphin, the truth of mistakes.
Death in the doorway, a bird with burned wings.
II.
Shear the sheep with knives of black flint.
Broken cup on an old man's chest.
In stocking feet with the niece of the King.
III.
The Word is burned on altars of fire; part of the book of the traditions of the community.
Along the far horizon where all rails meet: the mirror, the cradle, and the wine-dark sea.