I
what gives a magnet
its magnetism? some-
thing
intrinsic in its matter
that polyglot of latent
meanings
something lucid in the dark mirror
and twisty, angled like mal magic.
II
i wake interior to the devil coil into his slough body arms inquest up length of supple shirtsleeve flex the lissome forensic flesh acme power wear his ossified bones make him specious female fall as tangential comet trail for
an amalgam of angel,
a luminary cabal of
singular person
i ford inches of soul
to build (he)r lapidary
stone altar
offer hibiscus viscous blood honeycomb and hecatomb
to slake her dial murder to see if god is home place a collect call on my red telephone. i heard the angels snicker say god doesn’t answer devils worshipful you are of the angel sinner bloody hands never took a daughter in wedding they tell me hallowed things that could dissolve gold but i only want to know how to say i love you in hendecasyllabics
III
and now:
everything you do is
an act of godhead
is liturgy-cum-legislation
has the impetus to
cle/slash/ave the in(visible)divisible
you can tear atoms
from
eaves of worlds,
severed so be it
so it is written so it is done
pharaoh et al amen
to Amun-Ra
IV
irregularities of light
prorogue
death a little
dying fool, the
half life
of a decision is
life changing
the full span of one–
world building
so imagine yourself
and the choice
co-conspirators in love
judicious as you live because
hereafter is not conscripted
looking at me ready to
alter every thing