Trace
gazed hungrily
into the fire. I wanted
to sit next to Jasmine
but they'd split us all up.
Morphine Sue looked ready:
You need any pills lady?
You know what we need boatman!
In Sue's
silver casket
there was a potion sealed.
It was passed around the circle.
Blue took
the first drink
cackled
strutted down the beach like
a huge clumsy bird.
It was
like drinking
embalming fluid.
What little reason
I had left disintegrated.
I watched Blue
now a crow hauling his raft
down to the water
squawking and cawing at us.
The River
stuck to my fingers
crawled over the lip
land sidled away
looking
over the side
i saw a universe welded
in tar
streams of moonlight trickled
through indentations
beneath
the surface
the undulations of a frown
the creases and broken lines of laughter
mine shafts
exhausted seams
fluctuated through motorways
of colour
shifting forms
scrawled
markings appeared
of necromancy
the symbolism of butterflies
cracks formed
over the surface swell
i smelled placenta
heard breathing
wrenched myself away from the vision
