four falls ago
when sex
was the body’s fix
the prince of the harvest
told the weeds
the story of the elephants
and the Machabees
how we make rules
to break them
or have them
break us
that was when
monkey blood
cured everything
entering the fifth
fall he retold
the story with two-thirds
of a tongue
less, but sharp
like a flaming
acupuncture needle
he divulged
the cleric secrets
explained why seven
sister roses spill
through their shades
to white
the multitudes within him
abandoned him
for the circus
he touched the walls
and ceiling in his descent
afraid to slip
and shatter his
unfixable form
when sex
was the body’s fix
the prince of the harvest
told the weeds
the story of the elephants
and the Machabees
how we make rules
to break them
or have them
break us
that was when
monkey blood
cured everything
entering the fifth
fall he retold
the story with two-thirds
of a tongue
less, but sharp
like a flaming
acupuncture needle
he divulged
the cleric secrets
explained why seven
sister roses spill
through their shades
to white
the multitudes within him
abandoned him
for the circus
he touched the walls
and ceiling in his descent
afraid to slip
and shatter his
unfixable form
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