poem || Jeff Harrison

Become Porphyry
 
slowly literary
contrary antiquarian
slowly literary
cohere
cohere
contrary antiquarian
cohere
slowly literary
  days dropping day by drop by day become semblance to seas
 
fed whole into literature
fed whole into literature
doubled to divide
probable porphyry
plausible porphyry
doubled to divide
possible porphyry
fed whole into literature
  Phoebus of these days become Poseidon of these seas
 
cephalophore maintains
hourglass soliloquy
cephalophore maintains
hourglass soliloquy
hourglass soliloquy
torso and crown
cephalophore maintains
torso and crown
  Pieria become Leucothoe; Hippocrene, Palaemon
 
decapitated leviathan
your body yet writhes
decapitated leviathan
tail in mouth
your body yet writhes
tail in mouth
tail in mouth
decapitated leviathan
  Phoebus of these days become Poseidon of these seas
 
drop, Phoebus
drop, Phoebus
Pieria become Leucothoe
Pieria become Leucothoe
Pieria become Leucothoe
Hippocrene, Palaemon
Hippocrene, Palaemon
drop, Phoebus
  days dropping day by drop by day become semblance to seas