Thursday, June 16, 2011
Sydney stairs
crazy Sydney stairs,
in wood and rock and crevice
encrusted around the harbor
like so many mollusks
you can see anything from the alley
heaven and hell
separated by only that which
separates inhale from exhale
and I am scraped and smeared
across its buildings
chunks of my blood and body
grated across its mollusk surface
on my soft belly
til only bones are there
and the beaches are red
the blood of mollusks mingled -
vibrant and pulsing -
and the mollusks grow fat
as they feed
¶ 2:23 PM
