Life's Debris
love,
a catafalque
decorated
with celtic knotwork
bearing
a loved one, soon to rest
under
epitaph blankets
love, a flying buttress supporting
the
ceiling of our aspirations, sistine
cages
that entrap soul-vapours that
should
disappear up the chimney's
conglomerate,
the gates of sinuses
flush
with that histamine rush
love,
a dorian pillar embellished
by
gargoyles, guardian angels
long
since deserted, absent, on
a
pilgrimmage to pleni-potential.
love,
an arched proscenium, a window
between
observer and observed
occluded
by thick clouds, delicate
light
grey billows weighing on
lungs
during a scene change
love,
the doorway you huddle in
during
an earthquake, plaster hail
raining
all around, plunging a trail
through
floating, churning dust
love,
that bitter metal taste
of
carbonic acid after drinking
a
vanilla coke.
love, the unending war
against dust.
love,
that idol of idols,
that
fire inside,
that
phoenix
singing
songs
that
resound
through
the ages,
ever
anew.
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Glossary
catafalque - a raised platform on which a dead body is placed
pleni-potential - a play on "plenipotentiary," a person with the authority to act on behalf of another
histamine - a chemical released by cells damaged or inflamed by allergies
conglomerate - a pebble and rock composite held together with cement
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Glossary
catafalque - a raised platform on which a dead body is placed
pleni-potential - a play on "plenipotentiary," a person with the authority to act on behalf of another
histamine - a chemical released by cells damaged or inflamed by allergies
conglomerate - a pebble and rock composite held together with cement
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