Revising the Terms of Sacrifice

Down to business
              a tone (hammer)
as far as I know
                        & to alleviate the magic

anything else
dark w/rain

              just a thought, here, now

The road to Mandalay
whereupon a path
by the ocean keeps
going

              Concepts can’t ditch
              experience
              is prevalent
              holds sway
              as the topmost branches
              moreso than those beneath

beer can proprietary
witness
              you needn’t mumble

as in the language of shadows
              each word its own measure
of breath (the
              last of it a garland
of 12 gauge steel wire
                        Latin prayers
              & seaweed