Tuesday, 1 April 2008

Man of Sorrows (Frozen Door 3rd draft)

Among the asylum
of thrusting priests
I am nymph skinned,
bleeding freckles
on the silent tiled floor.
You plead martyrdom
as I chew the door handle.

I lose you on 'A Szerelem Szigetén'
in light dust lacing
but I am a sailor heaving
through indigo oils,
through labourers folded faces,

I press a fingernail
through waxen fruit,
drain the rivers to sand spines.
Man of Sorrows, fish hooked
fingers caught,
I hear your neck crunch
on Salome's pillow.

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