the effect of evening against the sunset

all were a simple submission - intangible
certainties, a young man compelled by remorse
(as remorse is the physical diagnosis of limits) -
until we could no longer submit. that young
and serious “we”.

breath on a mirror, the careful printing of lips
on a clear glass, a mist, vaguely physical, remembers it had hands -

once, the ocean swirled away.

he trembles on stairways
where he will be asked to observe.

the effects of her boots sliding off, leaping,
forged iron pillars shoveling a red hot sea,
the pale world heaved and savaged
for an impossible presence.

the arms destroyed - heavy smoke
hanging in circles of red narcotic light.

all were a simple submission.