five

[Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewest]¹

synthetic floodgate: elk howl—unleash vase / tit
/ oath—to witness that macho hem i ruffled one—
wasp wine—woof / hunt / (re)forest—shine, oh, tree,
lush in mothered mood, trowel’s glut—see south ebb:
swish of brood, rare ewe whine, farmhouses—
ghostly fish head—daily i start / unbend—
white floweriness (blob)—moth / hood /
footsy—the silver of slit (top pose)—
hetero man he-thirst—stags’ holy sundeath—
lovably lip them-holes, reap arc flicker—
i hound—oh i set to hug hole’s fearless thaw—gown
(foreskin), let me get dishonest: i ply width,
i mouth orb, i meet bone—verb led tuft
inside—i heat—a sweetening middle height.

¹ Note on the Construction of the Text

[Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend]

fleshy stud / nip void—holy hurts went stone,
lacy, petty—they bang—you flesh us
—(stun)—another ghost bed—(sung)—i vent / bled quiet—
able transfer / kindness gene / hoofed heart—
sub gushes a hydra—bone note duet—tug it how
i have—teethe, beg, volunteer—gut songs so
they sour—lush furs, sir, sewed up—to to
a soft stammer nags us—coven tilts you
half off—slit (reentry)—a hiving fact—who
woofed—they test soft chests, fully heed
teeth—echo a whole glen / burst neon thaw—
i sat—ache at / watch a nova (deep cut)—bullet
thumbed, bony amethyst bud—wet it—hut us
lush, witches—i doe, hex, butter, cove.

[Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?]

hum or hue—domesticity casts a raw hush—
joyless sets (wet, torn)—whitewashed twig /
toy twitch—hive’s hue—clove thaws the hour—
i set ulcer / rose wreath—lean pine thieves—
fecund fount / cold deli—nowhere rusts to
here—unbidden, it is a monday—roof fern /
housewife honeydew—etch the clot dot by
hustling it—throated hunt—shapeless son (
wideness) woman-son—unhook tag—tart herb—
amateur checkerboard—(hiss)—i lie /
i lie more (nymphs branching)—add pelt—dash
(a long neon one)—i pond so (swelling heat)
phone song / cable mess—semen swigs (hygiene)—
tit photo / girl(ish) lush—sweet nesting.

[Mine eye hath play'd the painter and hath stell'd]

heap name thinly (heart / epithet)—a dandy /
boy—butterfly mayhem—a fresh no at it—
me: shady hole—friends (myth), i tire / web—
a ripped (repair) stitched attentiveness
to femur hue—tiger so hunt—phase / history /
mud / heredity—lung (water to cure)—if i rope
him (sash on thigh)—symbolic gown (i snip
width / swath)—idols haze wet—hint: hag-thin /
androgynous—eyes shoes (wow)—fat he-tree—
feathery meadow / ashen hind—enemy pant / shiver—
say, i hurt—a gown worn butters wet (home)—shred he
to hole—anesthetize tip (edge) then grope
hyacinth / sanguine newt—tree rot / stag cry—tie
the house down (tent)—why that water (they break).

[Those petty wrongs that liberty commits,]

to crypt—to mesh—shy, genital stem—brow / tit /
testament—momentary he-womb—i hear fish
(flat eye) fry subtly—hit / welt unabashedly—
if oral mutt, then low woof—leather strip (lots
of ornate teeth)—weed lung / hornet—abort
the beauteous root or fleshed area—tit abuse
(a shadow want); a woman now owns no shame—
suave level: eel—livers ill with hard, holy pear
/ amethyst tea—tug that: memory—i free boy-sub
by untying (hydrates)—nudity / arch / heat—today
i her (invite nether-hate / heel)—root dew
thawed—butch: word / fur / flare—took her to (rotate)
them to the bath (the ruby tinge)—eyes pry
at gay belt—a boy: yes—bite fig / he / hymn.