SPELL-BINDING

"Spell-binding"

brightest eye of the ancient pyramid
can't contain its own foundation.
little white spiders from behind the sun
one by one, compose strings of gently descending stars
circling, entangling their own vast origin
binding together symbols
weaving words into phrases
mummy-wrapping dark eyes in the mind.

tiny, pale tendrils embalm the meaning
of every primordial stone gripped in unblinking darkness.

one-by-one they are connected
like drops of blood from a wound ejected
melting perfect red arcs in the snow-
(centripetal forces impaling their own navels.)
"a new wall to protect our living city!" they shouted.

stone-walled into compartments
form is stolen from potential
like the exoskeleton of a new insect
liberating protoplasm to wander
into the labyrinthine tomb of its own hardening limbs.

the chitinous infant now begins to crawl
single-file and into battle.
on the field is found every form of armor
concealing identity
dividing unity into multiplicity-

beneath them all, breathing calmly … in time ...
the singular form awaits conception.

 

 

 

(c) 2006 Joel Morrison

 

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