a game rout

Wizard in the tattered robe,
a storm-bedraggled grumpy rook,
vends acerb charade
even in triumph askew.
Halcyon skies belie the plague
that melts such truths as king & stone
& riddlesome glad stilb
till Ygg fetch fiercer sacrifice.

Ouija & the Bradbury Building. (via feuilleton)