It never occurred to him
though it occurred to him
during a dream
its
words
flowing
out of an actors mouth into his ear as he watched himself from outside and
inside
himself
she smiled lasciviously
tongued
her pointed teeth
and whispered of black
bonds crude greasy chains stained and
smelted by imps and
wingless demons
who
suffered the horror of lies told to them
that they chose to believe
irons quenched and cooled in iodineblood
that uttered their makers names out of broken jaws and through the halo and puffs
of smoke belching off the bloods face
it never occurred to him
any more than the dull
whitewashed walls she spoke to him between
pale blue windowpanes
immaculate
white oak floors
and tinted and hued glass bowls of varying diameters and depth set on pedestal
feet or balanced
scattered like crystalline landmines that would shattered if
tipped or touched
which walking
through and among tried his very patience
and balance
he emerged
exhausted
finding his exit
only
after having traversed the entire house refused
by its locked doors and windows
he escaped
through the tall ceilings by turning into vapor
after leaving crescents of humor
levies in thirsty oracles
that sighed
it never occurred to him
bitter bonds and ugly chains held
many against their will Alive
0046, Twosday,
22 7. 14
