h e x a n t * s u r m i s e

sheltered and broken
like the sunrise dank
in a dray tombs break

lay across the dusted din
of echoes seizure
tumbling in its fault
the wavelength wrought

a brilliance blue
of argon and ague
stretching with its
residual residency
the steps unsteady

loop steps
a jagged lace
the ice thinned
and hungry
wind shied
and espied

beneath the oval
of the eyes
shackled in need
bled haste
a greed
the circling
steps go round
and round

an animal
glut culled fat
slow speed

and intern
wishes
sped fast
and low

cast shadows
soft
tender
and wise

unfold the hinge pins
the unbuttoning
like a storm of summer
near and large
the pearl disc
and hoop draped
drawn
aside the aisle of
spine
stepped fleeting

unfolding
brewing
velvet chaste
a spirit
wonder
readied
in the race