singed

and restless stretched   lulled father's casting

womanhood   caterwauling fevers, death and the

joined to creature knowing

not born
black dank cold break with clouds

rush of consciousness confound

with the ache and throb of

life   stitches  blue/green/yellow/red

bruises' kisses everywhere
black dank cold river mirror split

like paper down the ark of him

words will him to believe

black the warm thrump-thump of Percy's chest

snap man this head rusted with clouds

and the blood break hands

lumbered out
Dada's mirror children

eaters of gently trailed fire

when he came

she knew –

corpse scent

open grave part fire

his smell, rush of consciousness

confounded with the age   bongggggggggggggg

mist rolling on –

her in her wooden wheels and bells echoing tolling

cold ink-stained hands defied

the fingertips trailed gently came
this head rusted with clouds

and the blood break hands

joined to him groan of sky-bolted by a storm tearing

mountain pain

half-sunk, his head rusting

joined to him her fingertips tearing

joined to him by a storm of ice