​pontiacs & conifers (i)

Amidst pontiacs and conifers
Forgot the language used to call
Feel reduced to soot again
And stumble down the hall
Amidst pontiacs and conifers
Is that creek still frozen over?
What are you keeping in the water there?
A truth that never thaws?

An old photo
Hangs on a new wall

(Fold my hands)
I’m triumphant in my ventricles
(Fold my hands)
Parsing old thrust of vowels
(Fold my hands)
It's constant, I’m paranoid
(Fold my hands)
Lusting the void

All-consuming
Banish the woe
You only love me in my manic state