I, in – in the long ago time before time began to be
bound and tagged under humans’ watch – choate, went
in spirit to the mountains, or wove myself under water-
plaited black serpent-grass • for form; all / in hunt / did,
then, and (tricked!) we all became | the brume of burning
fields or scythe-halved scent of • grass itself. A body
made to brief | ly breathe or bruise, / sundered / to burn or
blunt or belly slow | ly ripen in xenogenic exultation
shares no loyalty with selves • or un | broken by certain
/ burdened / shape (nor should). And so, entrapped in form, I
in • hunger in | habit all on offer: glass’s / accursed / facets jewel
ing the street beneath • gap-mouthed and ajar; / break
able; / / a window / both horse and jaw, • hay bale, and melt
ed ice. Hem-fray and moth-made hole, cat’s-paw and rat.