1

Evening succeeds evening.

Demons discourse
on familiar topics.

They describe a wraith’s response
to a description.

“I think he was signaling.”

One night
differs from all other nights

through their deployment
of synonyms.

“Craft a way forward.”

“Get out ahead
of this
with his plan.”

 2

Aren’t you exhausted,

you green spear, you
peel-back purple?

All divided
column,

all split hair,

mirrored and re-
counted for.

You’ve been crossing
every
with only,

going to any
mandible
or bud