from
IMIM,
released March 25, 2020
Unbutton, unboy me, and burn the dew
in mirthpeal and roses and feverfew
in soft looks infernal, in lashes, lace
to sleep in the water, profane, unchaste
A goldfashioned marriage of earth and hell
debauched and demure, is our citadel
untethered of heaven by our own hand
our Eden un-Satan'd but still god-damned
Now pansied, impious, our vows undone
your tricklesome liquid our talisman
I sissy, I slut you in borrowed gowns
in scarves and in moonbeds of eiderdown
I surrender the cloister, lay down the flask
in sorrow and glory, I ask, I ask
how, ransomed, my blood can flow true again?
the asker is answered, "I M I M"