In Absence of an Acceptable Referent
These who drown in Kitzeh town
sleep on in the dark under sorrow's eyelids
Velimir Khlebnikev, Zangezi
they go to such length to miscomprehend rip off
inner city culture fine but don't won't let thru
door as come with it huge gleamcoils serpent born
of menstrual blood such other inhabitants of Halloween
tattoo across her stubble skull the dark skull says
Fuck You in speech balloon over wingsndagger dog called
Nuke licks any balls its own others or will eat given
least chance a permanent prey drive kid ignored licks
space to see through off smeared bus windows kicks dummy
around floor to flavour to taste is hard to count how many
are of these a decade of foreboding recycled as to what
hangs nailed to door keeps out such where CCTV begins is
naive to assume heritage industry bears feet hide or
plastic mockup of what bits of Vikings flayed church
door had once could as well be pickled shark artist new
got better richer gig is mark forbidden shopping xanadu
entry with what might even recognise bits of selves will
not pass bouncer test poachers-turned-gamekeepers those
recruited off them to deter them she pass turnoff bits
of selves uncomprehending till some night called back
rejoin become all whole again some night computer clocks
all stop some night skies raining fire of serpent flight
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