buttermilk suppression

when the vinegar is poured
the buttermilk curdles
and separates the cream.
it is the cheesecloth that catches and maintains,
the cheesecloth that suppresses.

i am made witness and bearer of creation.
the hot vinegar curdles in my womb
and births to spoils
to the hand of the cloth.

open-palmed this cup collects the oil of her tears
and is nuances by a name
of a woman.

orb

orange in disposition
to taste, to eye
and i, extinguished in areas of faith
of cup
and body:

she cries amber oil
that blossoms and shines her faith.
she will pack red clay on her feet
and pace her impurities.

punc gutter

punc gutter.

sampson

smpson might
tear a roll
ed nut 'n poppyseed
feed
for hummingbirds and scotch birds
'n mirth
in a turkey
swallowing stones
in kidney pie.

hudson

minks, beavers, water-rats
and the snow-rush
a pellet in a pellet makes a pellet
and 20 quid
to buy an oil fish; gut it for the
black bile.
humor me,
and squeeze its black eye
and pack it on ice and salt
down to charleston.

fugue

in a bell horn
on the stone wall
that humpty dumpty cracked
to feed the children
like fish and bread
but with more cholesterol -
a 90's version
of the bethlehem blues.