Palsy '29

Suspended elegance
fortresses of retarded nuance
First-person spectator
still-life mosaic
in pale imitation of life
Diminished spirits
phantom keepers of lunatic corners
Border lords between here
and a thousand elesewheres
Misplaced forget-me-nots
of a forgetful god
derelict travelers
of waking nightmare
shamans of inert ecstasies
elders of dispossessed tribes
sleeper-cells awaiting a miracle
fulfilled prophecies awaiting a prophet
harbingers of unsolicited hallucinations
and myopic visions
delivered upon oily wings
of pre-fab dopamine
Libidinous frenzy
seminal verse upon lyres of youth
Mysterious travelers
wayward pilgrims
voyages in uncharted synaptic wastelands
Medicine man cometh
dark intuition coupled
with benevolent fascination
"Saved others
save us"
Kingdom of nomadic souls
eyes wide toward a non-responsive horizon
mono-tonic mantras
guarded steps echoing
down unguarded corridors
born to inherit stale dystopic memories
Somnambulant ballet
in slow motion stuttering gestures
upon new dawn com alive
Momentary recognition
of belated identity
dancing in new adolescent summer
Now in silent repose
upon the cusp
of perpetual twilight.