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Of the bone inch,
The cancer’s fusion, or the summer feather
Nor city tar and subway bored to foster
Up naked stairs, a turtle in a hearse,
The actions’ end.
Tells the stick, ‘fail’.
(Give, summer, over), the cemented skin,
On fork and face.
Joy is no knocking nation, sir and madam,
All, men my madmen, the unwholesome wind
Heart of Cadaver’s candle waxes thin,
Robbed of the foxy tongue, his footed tape
The kissproof world.
Despair of blood, faith in the maiden’s slime,
Stride through Cadaver’s country in my force,
Drive children up like bruises to the thumb,
(Have with the house of wind), the leaning scene,
Of bud of Adam through his boxy shift,
Ball of the foot depending from the sun,
Deliver me who, timid in my tribe,
In the straight grave,
Happy Cadaver’s hunger as you take
Everything ends, the tower ending and,
Deliver me, my masters, head and heart,
Hauled to the dome,
Chaste and the chaser, man with the cockshut eye,
When, like a running grave, time tracks you down,
Of love am barer than Cadaver’s trap
I damp the waxlights in your tower dome.
With whistler’s cough contages, time on track
Sir, is your doom.
Comes, like a scissors stalking, tailor age,
When blood, spade-handed, and the logic time
Halt among eunuchs, and the nitric stain
Joy is the knock of dust, Cadaver’s shoot
My pickbrain masters morsing on the stone
You hero skull, Cadaver in the hangar
No, no, you lover skull, descending hammer
Descends, my masters, on the entered honour.
From maid and head,
Time is a foolish fancy, time and fool.
May fail to fasten with a virgin o
Love in her gear is slowly through the house,
Shapes in a cinder death; love for his trick,
Man through macadam.
Lit on the cuddled tree, the cross of fever,
I, that time’s jacket or the coat of ice
Your calm and cuddled is a scythe of hairs,
Love’s twilit nation and the skull of state,
For, Sunday faced, with dusters in my glove,
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When, like a running grave, time tracks you down, Your calm and cuddled is a scythe of hairs, Love in her gear is slowly through the house, Up naked stairs, a turtle in a hearse, Hauled to the dome,
Comes, like a scissors stalking, tailor age, Deliver me who, timid in my tribe, Of love am barer than Cadaver’s trap Robbed of the foxy tongue, his footed tape Of the bone inch,
Deliver me, my masters, head and heart, Heart of Cadaver’s candle waxes thin, When blood, spade-handed, and the logic time Drive children up like bruises to the thumb, From maid and head,
For, Sunday faced, with dusters in my glove, Chaste and the chaser, man with the cockshut eye, I, that time’s jacket or the coat of ice May fail to fasten with a virgin o In the straight grave,
Stride through Cadaver’s country in my force, My pickbrain masters morsing on the stone Despair of blood, faith in the maiden’s slime, Halt among eunuchs, and the nitric stain On fork and face.
Time is a foolish fancy, time and fool. No, no, you lover skull, descending hammer Descends, my masters, on the entered honour. You hero skull, Cadaver in the hangar Tells the stick, ‘fail’.
Joy is no knocking nation, sir and madam, The cancer’s fusion, or the summer feather Lit on the cuddled tree, the cross of fever, Nor city tar and subway bored to foster Man through macadam.
I damp the waxlights in your tower dome. Joy is the knock of dust, Cadaver’s shoot Of bud of Adam through his boxy shift, Love’s twilit nation and the skull of state, Sir, is your doom.
Everything ends, the tower ending and, (Have with the house of wind), the leaning scene, Ball of the foot depending from the sun, (Give, summer, over), the cemented skin, The actions’ end.
All, men my madmen, the unwholesome wind With whistler’s cough contages, time on track Shapes in a cinder death; love for his trick, Happy Cadaver’s hunger as you take The kissproof world.