parts that have been
writhing
under the ground
shoot green stems
flowers
comet-red with heat
burst open across the skin
petals rippling open
like an expanding flame
the texture of a scream
undulant like fire
across earth-pressed hills
i will take these blossoms
and make such a thing of them
a skin
like nuit's
an arc
deep as the sky
flowers like stars
burning
pricked
out
straight
from the heart
i will do such things
i know not yet what they are
earth and sky,
recover me
recover me
earth and sky,
recover me
(slack-jawed
with freshness
lips red
with force
the shattered
celestial fire
of the bloom)