ontological pavilions
by hassanisabbah
Posted to Action Poetry on 2003-10-25 12:04:00
treeless steppes ziggurat
towards points unfolding in amber
the adept turbaned ascends
rock-cut steps to the castle,
flitting like a djinn into
the tents of pashas,
the apostatic radiance
of scimitar arcing in
opiate trace —
cthulu unchained in the
cypress, falcons hooded
in the executioner’s square
twitch before a burst
of plump futility…
O dervish of the village
mad with odalisque stinks
and stilettos, linger
with your cyber-amulets–
nothing is forbidden