18 June 2025
masque
1
too late to distribute tokens of autotarky
we’re in it together
and every screw turns
moments of kindness and unkindness
fever cannot be tolerated without breakdown
the lecteur dissolves glue
there is no dissonance
but this music allows it and
while the orchestra rehearses
the naked dancers’
athletic contortions command and
the comets descend
2
clutter by piles
archaeological
strata of comment
they squeak
they groan
from the ground
3
antecedents
worth nothing
but genes?
that’s not
the half
of it
the chains
of sound and light
evaporate
only hurt
pounces
and waits