Pale skin,
assume the throat a banquet;
intimate attire.
Shock of white,
snow to frost the scalp
tundra thin.
Saffron, cyan,
bruise raven plume perfume,
scent and sense.
Coal, auburn ash,
leaf to autumn wind release;
cauterize lips.
Stone shoulders,
freckles shrug brittle vermillion
taste, haste.
Constellation;
the archer fingers a ballot.
Arrow, areola.
Nexus penumbra,
center of gravity; spool
spindle invisible.
Porcelain chariot,
a silver ladle furrows the well.
Pubic synthesis.
Femur, fever,
new sinew flexing equidistant,
terminate toes.
Anatomy exemplary;
ode to composition, owed
to design, the sign.
So many incredible descriptions, I wanted to read this again, soak it in…”bruise raven plume perfume,” - “freckles shrug brittle vermillion
taste, haste,” - “Femur, fever,
new sinew flexing equidistant”…some of my favorites.
This made me shiver. It sounds like a a love affair with a skeleton & it’s sinew. I see this as a piece of art, hanging from the ceiling of a basement with stained glass windows.