IT IS I, ZIBALBAY, YOUR LORD, COME HOME



soft sticks are paper-wrapped
paper stumps called tortillons
hard sticks are thicker
veloursandedwith toothy texture

madder lake is bluish red
ultramarine was lapis lazuli
ivory blackburned bones (was ivory)

I am the manifest
she the interstices

glassine or interleafing
between things closely set

an emulsion subjected to moderate pressure
hollowcleftfissurechink
gnashcranego at good speed

utterstrikingcry upextol
open as a bottle usually and drink
puzzleexposemystery of open
slightlya door
windowthrottlevalve
for the purpose of study
violatedamagewreckruin
the voice discordant or harshdestroy the tone
as a settled usageconditionsharply
a sudden sharp noisea brief sharp report

For A Moment He Stood Before Her
Next Came Maya HerselfFalse Lady Of The HeartShe Was Mad
Presently The Great Pile Was Alight


Dale Going


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