Crystal Ball in the Eagle's Eye, VI.
(from the Pinhead Volumes)
1.
Mrs. Preston dropped her name from the church roll,
admitting she was only looking
for a bottle of vinegar.
2.
And this tree's a little dark sabbath
where a crow worships a snowflake.
3.
Now that the storm is over, you might as well
bite on your bullet.
No one ever injured a rainbow.
4.
Grace Grease was a backdoor bride
flirting with the whole Pacific Railway.
Sister Claire at the mission
serving her cock coup
said she was nothing but sin and bones.
5.
Those days no one had a sorrow larger than a blackbird.
6.
The old woman's tongue
was thin, like a lid from a can of tomato soup.
Her mouth was dry as she spoke.
It was always lunch time.
7.
gothic bloodstream.
gothic sex cells.
flickering consciousness
facing the blizzard of birds.
trap door starting to open slightly.
8.
Mr. America,
are you sure your shadow has balls?
9.
little ghosts green in the carbon monoxide.
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