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