Lynn Alexander-

Prologue To Mariamne

adherence. the appearance of design

without a name, known

still they live

In actions involving other agents, 

In the series of incidents,

I have seen

their seven deaths

progression. in the stretch

to lateral magnitude

Hers is an accomplished catharsis

whose brink is distant

as in

the casting off of rib

adhesions. these

apart to the box

where she is bone

immaculate

Rapt Venation
 
These insects bring invectives to our leaves
underneath, they grasp the green
attached to rapt venation

There, we drip to them
rising in their legs
we are brought to bold opprobrium
then,
once pulp, when we were rendered lush
we are at once, detritus
in the dead reticulate
 mesh, we end
and none can eat the sun