XIV

dry my sargasso sea doldrums
against hydrocarbon science trails
fafar along punctured skin anglio-schisms
go, girl!
spectate me oedipal-
young again in transfusion

amStrand:ritual strength

drink down, drink down
spirits are cold fire conduit
to darker drowning selves

forest floor raspberries
boiled down'n'clean
to loosen our own dirt free

only sheltered in place
only humble surrender
to th certain season

not my everyday mirror
my enemy brother
to test & fail & test again