astrological/arpeggio.

resplendent pink, as often found
upon the gums of healthy, living
animals, how human we must be on
the cusp of vital information! a
panic on the streets of carlisle

and its dripping bedsit infamies
that seduce inviting: with equal
measure, she thought with mental
acrobatics competitively filling
the store of common radiance and

stuffing fluff in the empty head
of an invalid, perhaps rimbauded
or multiple with so aggravated &
vestal a myth to contemplate, so
long as forever is extinguished;

i make it my business to mention
that i mean well when i walk the
streets: with a weakeyed wife by
the name of leah and the reputa-
tion of rachel please understand

and keep in mind that i am never
israel until i recover the bones
of joseph bringing them out from
egypt into an uncertain and hon-
estly timid, laughable future: i

find it laughable because i can-
not weep, craning my voice call-
ing abba father to the entrances
of all kinds of jazzy sub-bassed
jungle and perhaps even divined.