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The order of things


Furore leeches to combustion,
springs from sprung elbows
to hurl lit bottles into blackness,
an explosion of light against brick.

Knotted strings puppet
lips, a chorus of echoes
that bruise ears, welts blistering
hearts and twisting guts.

DNA whispers tried, tired answers,
blood sings with it, pumps
check lists to brains, feet, fists
the sword ticking each box with death.