hereland

here land muscles under
a black wing rising
her throat
releasing cries
barbed deeper in root than stalk
civilizations of hollowed sockets
lice fooled ochre and olive
roofs squatting
on land
meant to be ridden

cephalopod

the deeper the warmer

deep as the translucent flesh of dream

alone i strip habits to helix

come to my bright lights

hooked from miles above

be warm and form me

mountains apart

then i will come
you barely speak my language
i never spoke yours
but to ask for food
we will meet in eyes and say
hands hands angles planes
fluent
any year any miles
waves, mountains apart

display case

the brains
ever larger by degrees
adorn eyes rinsed of colour
seen by and seen
uniformly worn.

the hearts
progressively larger by degrees
weigh nothing
burnt coal bright by time
uniformly nigh live.