Hotel Tape Water
the tape
runs
out of the
slots designed
to hold water a
rapid worm steaming at
the balding lights
there is a sound that's terrifying from
the television particles a
lamp sight set on hearing the bleeding
noise hungry sound
in-between moans
-- Our fellow
apes curling banana skins & wiping
their brow-heat bleating silver heads with sweat degrees that
flame ---
accidental
water handles fire
over roofs mouths holy and on fire
I can see the molten leaves golden
flat noses gilded on shining wide faces studied
and deliberate ignorance of the
sun
hair
clots basement refrigeration of bridal gowns ink-hair
netted and drummed out of a widening yelling voice ----
ornamental
hoses horses fondled
by the tipping velvet night
harsh water hearse floating drifting
along on the wide river motion
her-self carried by the quiet under
the armored bridges along
the corridors that snake and loop
her-vision visible and softly tangible as the
street lamps evaporate gunpowder
thunder
eyes invisibility
in the dank heat of summer night
silence polygraph silence silver
running recording tape winding at bright eyes the sink
and the unvarnished light bulb white
bleached silence an
eye in a tooth blade hotel silhouette ---
tape
tavern quiet dark heat
silent
strong thrombotic thrombing throb hole a
missionary position
crucible
eyehole key tears precision
insight ---