The wind
was bandaged
with rays
around
face
conflicts with stone
stalled
treaties signed
for inclusion of
this
single
gauze
The wind
was bandaged
with rays
around
face
conflicts with stone
stalled
treaties signed
for inclusion of
this
single
gauze
what’s the worth of song
no one else
knows
how to finish?
*
too many lyrics
blown away
from near-by ears
to continue.
different radios,
stations
and competition
of sounds.
* *
so now as dances
occur
new
differing –
these tunes
are left here
unheard
for any steps,
harmony
or next verse.
pedestal for moment
given
pulpit
ear constructed
in patient eagerness
deserving risen monument
built in/to
alabaster/porcelain
form
lips, bit
/open – intent
on question
but awaiting what is
soon-to-come
is worth whatever sculpture
the mind’s architects, scholars
can engineer in a name.
no tiaras – petty crowns to send
professionals further above
but
most certainly –
some other
honor