is a story
first about places
of worship and
winter’s
verbose
soul
like the cockatrice
coming home to
roost like a photograph
aspires to distill
feathers fiery i
want to say
i burned himself
at the stake
ruddy rectrices up
from drifting smoke
addled measurable jawn
miserable i’ve been
unable to live
under these conditions
of resounding success
of first impressions
proof of laziness
i burned himself
at the stake
no monumental ever
but one’s life
the after-father eternal
alabaster born in power
i wanted i
remember slower motives
drawn from records
of dawn discovery
momentary challenges form
i burned himself
at the stake
long forgotten architect
amidst the inferno
of genius vandalized
permanent civil war
naves columns vaults
facade transepts crossing
and apse plans
and photographs burnt
plaster models smashed
i burned himself
at the stake
snowy february morning
explicit appreciation homage
and circumstance of
life her personhood
list of words
and phrases eurub
i like ike
bob’s your uncle
gale poets exaggerate
i burned himself
at the stake
everything you need
to know paginated
drunk knocked off
course young poets
old whores lol
bolaños let loose
like balloons struck
from chest stunk
old sneakers times
are tough times
have always been
tough in time
i burned himself
at the stake
square pose bubba
gump shrimp selfie
stick sagrada familia
20g gunpowder 20g
ethiopia 20g bitter
20g still water
cooked uncomplicated surveillance
software in neon
syringe of hammers
o i burned
at the stake
hours without touching
another freeman’s tongue
welcome says amygdala
sorcerer’s teaspoon of
distraction of slight
of face of
wild fathers’ simile
like ruddy fears
exploitation so rips
i burned himself
at the stake
fulsome feathers from
his dictionary good
advice hard advice
advice deeply swallowed
in that suck
called breath brooklyn
rusty
premeditated
agent
i burned himself
at the stake
life’s a story
first about places
of worship and
the venous cockatrice
coming home to
roost among memories
of photographs over
blazing patterns a
genealogy in light