"She comes more nearer earth than she was wont And makes men mad"

The words seen saw the tears spill, shatter on

Soul’s glass shards lain bare in the broken moon-

light that slit the window pane and backlit

the veins beneath my frosted skin – my eyes

too weakened, too blank to meet even with

Luna’s incensed gleam.

In that single beat

my tongue craved the cool – sh-sharp clarity

of a liquor long-missed and my heart cried

for your touch - and the – and – and the – clock – ticks –

and the blood – drips –