in lieu of a universal portrait

tableau in thrall
a
whattedy wait a
waittedy what a
with-what-wait-a
waiteddy-whateddy
what to wait eye
weight weight
with in and a
without eye what woo
a
tableau

or serene pitcher
its soft curving hips
its rigid emblematic lips
its continents overflowing with
a
woodeddy wade a
wade-eddy odd
an odd eddy adding
and its udder under cover oddly
mollifying the mud red thot
a
mither mather to that homme you grott
a
tableau in thrall

soft and blunt
and lovingly painting its footpads
in scented oils
and decorating the winding
striated
subterranean galley
erry orry orrery halls
where the flushing nenupharce
feeds
from the barnacle tree staircase:

o bardotto
bardotto
what is hollow
about the knight?


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