Popcorn fists of animalia
ropes on a swollen deck
seams blinking and heaving.

The heart of a bat
beating in the window shutters
an upside down pyramid's eye
that straightens the lightning bolt's path
to the water's lid
a bent door handle
fleshing.

Stacks of ointment
flicking golden lead
to the skies dissolved
fledgling strut through
the tubes of blood.