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{the marble faun} amy king A tiny face of genius & tolerance brands itself organic abrupt vampire of himself, of health, stoned circle of having risen— Why the natural inclination to pet, to be affection with a soul made of bone on haunches among honeysuckle and little else to dine upon? I wasn’t able to claim the backs of my legs, and for that crime, was martyred for the modern day races. From these trials, I learned to be true to many truths that hugged and lost and slew. Not what makes my liver stand on end but how to shake fists against the falling of insects, of lambs, of castles and the fruits of shadows that walk with us behind our backs, swampy little corners of decay united. From old Jewish towns we embrace the plotted demise and welcome a ghost in rebirth’s tatters, being all that we know and the only face that matters. Except a child from the lawn who watches, in stone. We become as veined as the earth’s waiting meat, best for sculpting to crumble a rib-like dust spelling death out, names that sun by the moon, softening to rise again. |
