ten ways of looking at reimbursement
by rosangelica.
I
snorting
bricks of black oxygen
ancient
gods fail
penetrate
cold burnt marble
II
blue,
stubby short stone
sacred
burial ground above ground
III
centuries
scraped the pepper ashes
once a caramel
woman
IV
split
ends escape
camouflaged
shattered burnt marble
V
black
molecules absorb darkness
spliced soft
warm breath
ironic
death
VI
lead
bleeding off ivory papyrus
carving
red blood on the shaved wood
crimson
salt water mixtures
VII
python green
veins emitting gamma rays
fingerprints
imprint on the yellow wood
VIII
lingering
eyes of zeus as I hover
chapter
to chapter, pages absorbing sweat
searching
for something called love
IX
merlot
covered letters
cremated
inside of an urn
X
beige
cotton
dusty
vinyl's
cigarettes
and coffee
fingerprint
ghost towns