Om Kali, Kali! Om Kali, Kali! {Fingercymbals-Twice} Eye am here & Eye beseech thee Hoist your sword & sweep all that presently lies prostrate at your feet Come, Kali & take all that is yours Ev’ry memory & lucid dream Ev’ry broken promise & lustful, meandering stream Ev’ry dark face Ev’ry star-lit space Ev’ry curl […]
He is not the 1st Herder Nor shall he be the last Truly, the bones have been thrown; The royal die cast And this cipher, En the Long Ago, writ Amid rust and decay, The Freemen will say: All of our dreams are shattered Ev’ry rainbow dissolved Ev’ry golden statue turned Ento a heap of […]
4 20Fourteen, A Clean Slate Though the watch we assigned to the hearth Did not guard its flame* well Though we did not keep the butter pantry latched And free of thieves Though we did not keep the wine cellar door tightly closed, The Grain Mother bestowed upon us her Wealth from the Grove And […]
From the middle path, do not stray Tho’ the array of torches that ordinarily encompass you dim Burn, boy, burn! Burn & keep 2 the center Burn & be the fulcrum Burn & the balance preserve Burn & be the bless-ed brow that shines en the dark Burn & these things en heaven & earth […]
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