I leap too sharply
I cut myself out
but never off
and I'm sweltering
and my feet are getting chalky
and my skin is sprouting bark
and sap drips patiently from my ears-
golden and full
and I'm heavy...
but I'm heavy always.
And I still CRY OUT
though only among the constellations
And I still remember
And seedlings of pregnant dust
rain heavily
and suddenly intoxication
detoxifies my soul
as soon my crown Realizes
it feels All
so it takes in the dirt.
I pull on my cigarette and I take in the dirt
And I feel calcium repelling
its whole structure
and I collapse
and my hair stands up feathering
in the wave
and I
focus with indigo
and realign.
. . .
Indigo is easy: elsewhere,
there is still the snake.
Restless.
Burning.
Deep within its nested knot
lying midway
through the spine.
With a memory of the prenatal darkness
I remember the passage of the snake.
I was foolish.
I leap sharply
I haven't learned
I was foolish
I was drop dead foolish.
