the gods and goddesses
of antiquity are the gods and goddesses
who I beseech the gods and goddesses
who I beseech
to grant me my request to grant me the gift
of such fidelity as to make a reprehensible place such as this
to see the gods and goddesses
to make a reprehensible place such as this
to see the gods and goddesses of the lowly and lowly ordered
to swallow the sentence of anesthetic draught
before the hour of melody they are silent
their tongues threaten nothing their eyes incite lust
the magnetic center it is said is apt to disappear
when touched by the searching fingers
they desist they ask none to hear their oceanic voices
which are not like the music of aeolian pipes
they shall become silent
they shall hope for song
at sunrise they shall fall asleep on a bed of seaweed
they shall be silent they shall be silent they shall be silent
if these words if these words
were deserted were deserted by the truth
by the truth
they would die where they are shipwrecked
the sun is upon us the sun is upturned
RIDING THE KNEE OF THE ASCENDING
ORIZONTE
the thrumbeating
the magic tie
the magnetic center
πολυφλοίσβοιος 