The Rising
1st monarch heading to Mexico early no? sun setting
earlier too nadir? dénouement? Mr. Mason a strapping
vice principal with shoepolish in his hair taught nadir
in the nadir of his career he chalked a mountain on the board
+pointed to the downward slope as shoepolish dripped father
bitch slapped him a couple of years later
shoepolish+mansweat on his hand his own nadir nearing
CG Jung famously said that the climb down is equally as manifique
as the strident up what’s true too is that sometimes you dont know
which side is up you’ve been down so long up is mired
just remember on the path to enlightenment the dung beetle foments
your own nadir now here in the temple beautiful where a purification rite
is underway and a radiologist named Jill fingers the ankh
and prepares your husband for the afterlife the life after this descent
into the pit of hell where people sit in damp blue gowns sans body parts
he lays like Tut on the tablet temples on fire
gold urns glimmer +your freshly dead mother hovers preparing the
alchemical mikvah from whose depths he will emerge in 16 days
mangered + resurrect
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Summer 2024 ..C’mon up.. Beam Off..
songanddancegirl 