I never thought...

"Green Martyrdom"

slow among the dead
singing in the wolves
bitter where thought delves
barren stone & wood

bringing in the goaf
slow & silent pilgrim
mark another pogrom
smoke a second sylph

clad in hunter's orange
wield a closing syringe

"Letting Go of the Language"

burning children rain
early in the morning
lift a swarthy lamp
early in the morning

thunder on the way
finger wears a thorn
Starbuck's does the math
early in the morning

bodkin handle's set
rubies by Graywyvernn
nothing tungsten ends
early in the morning

"Steppenvark"

caravelle of bodkin
void's liquescent pilgrim
wanting peace his foible
elegy the dogma

empire not of tungsten
but of shining bebop
let me be your comrade
love has better quagmire

caravelle of angel
hurricane & salvage
in the moonlight silver
snail descants an album

caravelle of orchid
Christmas for the zombie

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