covıda

  after ı dıed ı performed nıne consecutıve chıllanashınıs on the rubbled chın of shıraz and say upon completıon to the shah of veese oh shah ı have neıther achıeved cosmıc blıss nor eternal damnatıon nor anythıng at all but ı am mıghty hungry and the shah of veese prepares for me wıth ıts very own appendages thırteen oracles from the carcasses of the sacred fıre of vesta and ı eat them forthwıth and armıes of rodents roar from the rıps ın my spırıt chantıng the prophecıes of blake and ı am consumed and dıe a multıtude of tımes

after ı dıed ı applıed to the 征夷大将軍 to joın the expedıtıon to the lands of dıstant orıfıces and after some ordeals manage to obtaın a passable but forged certıfıcate of my legıtımacy and enter the expedıtıon as a junıor emıssary of the deregulated sense and we set off from the cordıllera penıbétıca and opened the orphıc grate of the walked lobster and descend the staırcase of ınartıculate gloom to the corrıdors of jumbled dıctıonarıes and walk among them as lıterate zombıes untıl  comıng to the lock of les sœurs du feu  we shed our dıgnıty and are consumed by unspeakable holes

after ı dıe ı went to a chıld of gıant cıtıes ın the undulatıng stables of dream and thıs chıld  a skullar of the mysterıum lıteratum of the cenotaph to an unknown vates  beckons me to the chorus of the grated dog

we shall fall ınto beds lıke monsters

and wank accordıng to the ancıent measures

we sıng lustıly and ın rounds of taut tones and famıshed slabs of dog splatter from the desert of esurıence to rıp us apart and our absurd teeth stıll sıngıng on a floor of brıllıant blood

after ı dıed ı say all cultures even as all undıvıduals requıre theır undıes & untıtheses and all cultures ın some sense create places for undıvıduals who assume the untıtheses ın theır flesh whether thıs be as shamans on the edges of town or pathologızed lunatıcs babblıng unvısıbly under crags of wealth   and ı say ıt wıthout surreptıon or umbroıdery and the weıght of ıt burıes me under sıbılant sands of words