Scold [from Naked Eloquence]

      The face is porcelain,  sourceless 
      perfection 
      towed  from the cemetery 
      whites of the sea 
5     and spit upon by lime,
      cremated to this coldness, this clarity.
      Blank statuette,
      unriven by sweetness or sorrow,
      smooth as a blind moon
10    or dew on a cactus!
      Follicleless, is this  
      the end of wrath and worry?
      Does a wild rabbit shred cries
      below your shine?
15    Anatomy entrapped by a sheen,
      mechanism steeled to a polish,
      there are such depths in your surfaces!
      A star could not finish it.
      No sun
20    can blanche you beyond what you are.
      Limitless
      glares anger at you larynx
      that never once hurt open for air.
      How does it feel to be in there
25    seamless and beaming? Tell me, tell me!
      Open your mouth and bleed
      a God-spout,
      a riot.

 

From the collection "Naked Eloquence"

Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]

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