nobody home

interrelation 2

i was alone with
pale roots from above
laced in the massy stone.

small pale roots, twined
in the dank weight of the dirt.
they were small
and did not disturb much.

then round persephone
round as a pearl, with
slender fingers
she worked in me worked in me--
cratched shullum and balor
wyntare wyntare wyntare

illa slaugerm illa reaoth wyntare
reahkeotr--onrao meleaotheenart
illum greawtah grawmauh wrae pools
wraep pools pools a god of dirt weeps
red dust into a pale bosom.

she ate six seeds.
she ate them.