excommunicado
pendant
treasures secreted
on my person
smarting
from recent
battery
tight lipped
I revealed
nothing
and possibly
negative consequences
notwithstanding
I crept
into the air, the mix
of things gone wrong, I was
excommunicated
excalibured
expropriated, so
holy fuck
holy muck
holy mother mary
my father said
sadly
crossing himself
this
youngster
fails my surprise at her
and so my
improbable
pursuit
began
over the stiles
of birthdays and moon days
moments
that were forever
Mondays
after
nights of
steep unrest
no possible
congesting
circumstantial
evidence
could
exhaust me
the bright jewels
of sporadic
consciousness
notwithstanding
(there’s that
word again)
notwithstanding
the fact
that I tried my best