Friday, April 21, 2017
ode to a hollow gland
shadow hoplites move
through a transparent cylinder
high over the gulf of tadjoura
their origin uncertain
their destination unknown
their movement stylized
nonetheless once their bundle has passed
there remains in the sky
what the people of moucha island call
biibiile cad
or dhululubo hufan
chris bertish has arrived in antigua
and it is announced that he
will play the role of egeon
in shakespeare's a comedy of errors
primarily an honorary role
it is assumed that mister bertish
will eschew speech and instead
translate the language into a new
and unique form of paddle semaphore
antigua is the very home
of these kinds of island verities
antique
rotten
owing more to imagination
than to whatever reality pushes into negativity
ahead of it
as in 'getting ahead of it'
which means primarily the ability to shield
naive eyes
from that lack of structure they herald wildly
and which has found a warm home in our world
or that place which sir richard burton called
bashi-bazouk
curious
that the last line of the play
must always describe
the absence of a pointy slipper
qof ayaa ka tagay
ay dacas halkan
chalk-fracas
in accident shrine's
on mandala pendule
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