Recluse 

sum of us.

you asked for beauty

buried debt in 

ritual unions.

wash my hands –the job is done

turn, divisive.

all design

all desire.

some, certain ersatz 

fidelity to my own disasters.

art that reassures the viewer

of the rebirth of its creator.

what is the difference 

between arbitrary or empty.

unholy ratios

sex, contempt, money.

come certain

undone within me. 

one, a certain in a foundry.

heavy stone

lying prostrate 

on your body stone. 

mesmerism 

in the head leads

incessantly. 

they don't warn you about 

pounding; morose suffering

a delight

for Dostoevsky, the romantics &

monks.

a fiction & exit strategy at best

a life at most.