
II
Revengeful solitary feelings
straddle in the plaza, howling
catastrophe and every magnolia
leaf dreams of a different fall.
The ape still holds a malicious blade
unfolding the primordial drama
in the presence of blurry eyes or
before the clouds’ pewter pleats.
The Kore’s virginity carries
her sexual odour to the ecclesia
and as light as a wise old man
floods the darkest corners
with effulgence when the headmaster
decrees: hide the flesh,
abandon nature, imprison love and
springs refuse to come.
Prior to the chanting song of a wave
inventions of the monopoly crawl on the dirt
and inside the dirt, mostly as
darkness overtakes the last turret.