THE ABSOLUTE
1
Abode by my side, soft blue
faced fetish, conspicuous
in its heavenward eyelets.
Held a bottle of tears and
a battle to contain them.
Within a mirror’s glassy
gaze, colorless strokes on
measureless canvas, its stretches
and sketches begging execution.
2
Bled red
lace bed
spread between
clasped fingers
twitching—
3
As I kicked at foundations,
kissed a hole in its firmament.
A hold, for a moment.