Never share my teeth
never think my thoughts at night
, whoever does this
Feeding birds with the sound of water sobbing,
after All, Daytime
when it’s always just drainage for angels
when blood waters,
Thicker than air. but,
what birds plunge through is not the intimate space
. or a paradise lost, or paradise next time ?
BLUE DOLLS
I. Horns, Grass, Eleven
One thousand times “yes,” or else. Or else, this ‘blue doll’
/the doll turns blue [with numbers]. Or else, this blue doll
/this gold doll is picture of a bear, “yes.” Or else. “This blue doll.”
One thousand stitches cannot be counted (with antlers),
anyway. Or else, [picture of a bear] with ‘antlers.’
Or else, the jilting will be unbearable. Or else, with ‘antlers’
/the velvet will never be mine [with letters]. Anyway, this blue doll
/this velvet is a painting of antlers, “yes.” Anyway. “This blue doll.”
“Yes,” this blue doll, this doll so blue. Or else, with ‘claws’
/this painting was already sewn-on (with claws). Or else. “This gold doll.”
Anyway, or else, [picture a bear] with antlers,
the deer is at the altar (alive) [sic] “This Blue Doll.”
With granite [painting of antlers] with ‘claws,’ or else. Yes.
With ash [paint antlers] with claws. Or else, “yes.”
One thousand dolls drunk with color: The Doll is Blue, with ash,
anyway.
Anyway [with letters]. “With antlers.”
Or else, with ash,
Or else, with granite, “yes.”
One thousand times “yes.” Yes. “With antlers.” “Yes.”
II. The Girl with the Enamel Eyes
the porcelain gives her away
like a child, but middle-aged sheturnsintoadollwhilehewatches
“This little blue doll tells me what to do.”
this little blue doll is alive
(while he watches).
while he watches she turns into a girl
(Like a kettle, she only screams.)
like a child, but sewn-on sheturnsintoagirlwhilehewatches
“This little blue doll doesn’t feel a thing.”
this little blue doll is dead
(while he watches).
while he watches she turns into a doll
(Like a camel, she only spits). Humps.
While he watches she turns into a kettle
BUST OF A MAN
a sculpting lesson
1. After all, Pygmalion fell in love with his statue but he forgot she is a tooth. Or at least he forgot all statues have oral fixations. But you should not forget this. After all, you should remember that a statue and a tooth are exactly the same.
Incisors: they say.
‘They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.’
(“I love you.”)
Canines: they do not say.
‘They do not say the way to a man’s stomach is through his heart.’
(“I love you.”)
Molars: they never say.
‘They never say the way to a man’s heart is through his mouth.’
(“I love you.”)
After, all statues sound exactly the same.
2. After all, you should not forget the shape of her bite marks.
alabaster ivory ash
alabaster ivory ash
alabaster ivory ash
;figura, figurine. Figure
;statue, stare. Stare
After, all statues look exactly the same.
3. After all, you should remember that only teeth stop the mouth from falling.
(‘Help’), on the third day he kissed her. “Ophelia.”
Cadere. or she saw a deer and was saved. “Iphigenia.”
Cadaver. on the third day he touched her. “Lolita.”
After, all statues feel exactly the same.
notes on the ivory trade
Never forget [2 or 3].
IlookedatthestarsandIwasawhiteman
IlookedatthestarsandIwasabankrupt.
IlookedatthestarsandIwasacuckold
&
&
&
I looked at the stars and I was a hieroglyph,
Two Horns:
Populated.
bust of a man
[Remember: 3 or 4.] Augustine established new the ancient faith:
Baby with the Bath Water, the Vitruvian proportions of a body on the altar
Who lines up in the sequence of their cavities? “they”
count the lacerations by their maiden names
: Patria et Filii et Spiritus Sancti (patris filii spiritus sancti); patria filii corpus cinis
Who decided I would not rot?
Who said, this white boy.
Who decided the boy.
Who said Three or Four.
make me wretched or turn me foul
dancing with the gown sewn-on
singing with manger on the floor
screaming with the
“they”/ Chanting “Alabaster Ivory Ash”
/3 or 4
They/
“three or four,”
who lines up IN NOMINE with the cavities threaded-bare
, scratching:
“What maiden is this?”
PATRIS
Kingdom
Species
Phylum
Family
Class
SPIRITUS Order SANCTI
Order
Class
Family
Phylum
[FILII (filly)]
Species ; Man1:
Kingdom,
Man2
: A Homily;
count the maiden in the sequence of her names.
“they”
only his scratching heard –something like her flesh,
saturnine against the fine-grain gypsum
that goads her to secrete him –
(his scratching is the sound of her secretion):
They with hieroglyphs mark my sand, fleshly:
“This white boy.”
secretes the paroxysm of his shivering and her fidget
painting their sequence with at least three things:
Figurehead-Figurine-Figura; Figure
; my alchemical etching: alabaster-ivory-ash.
IN NOMINE/ “3 or 4”
Without name :They/
wretched.
foul ;
Who: decided I wouldn’t rot?
sketches for the species of origin
“That’s why” You should not forget (3 or 4).
Because its your bite on my throat.
That’s why your teeth on my neck.
(Because you're teeth on my neck.)
That’s why you’re my bite with your teeth.
(Because you’re your throat with my bite.)
Because teeth
don’t belong to anyone.
That’s why throats are bought and sold.
(Because the pretty pretense of necks in hand.)
Because:
the Ivory trade is repetitive.
That’s why “Alabaster Ivory Ash”
(Because Three or Four.)
Because 3 or 4 isn’t counting.
That’s why this cannibal posture.
Because teeth
don’t belong to anyone.
That’s why swallowing,
makes a mouth what it used to be.
(Because Alabaster Ivory Ash)
Because you're my lips.
Your my sucking lips.
Because your my lips.
You’re my sucking lips,
“That’s why.”