Lyrics of rock strips

and reefs of coral sharp as steel

cavernous rib cages

howling with the worthiness

of tarnished pleasures

the rust on a harp

twanging in twilight

while the astral corridors

across open prairies

resound with strange sneezes

and relinquish ashen wings

bricks multiply from cloud

to stained cloud

walkways

for the ascendant damned

who move between

sealed plastic offices

plucking strands of time

from vain contours

to reveal the icy light

two sets of lips in flight.