steepled fingers
for my heretic friends

false doors
in various temples
descends upon
descends upon
upon, upon
upon
sad orchards

gravid pre-graved
forgave
rudimentary versions
of beguiled strain
palpative furies
ignited guarded
goyles

lounging in plush velvets
wrists draped
amongst blue silks
slender fingers
barely bone
icicled on arms

my own institutional betrayal
allocate me there
a glance across a prairie scape,
wrap me in those
unnamed deep mauve thistles
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my rage is carried in pockets and lockets, sure

[pausing] virulence
flaring
flaring
stained glass flitting
scattered on cherry woods

genuine rot
in beds of tulips
a field away

sour doe
babe eyes,
hey,
Hey,
HEY,
Jesus Christ
corroding guardrails
hey, hey