1.
over and over through the throttled light
my deeply scored hands
hold you to my flame my fingers at your throat
I moor you to the brazen night
your candle twisting
around my eyes
2.
define me for the dirt around my throat
you who
carry bread from your table to my singing
darkness
tightening wind in my green voice
tightening flames to compose
my earth
white
breathing ropes
loud sacred
3.
your melted hands reach from the earth
counting the syllables
of dirt
I dispose of your reflection
in a brief concussion with light