xibalba cumlin

Underestimating the collapse.

will their dead clouds
ache
as dawn collides
will their dead clouds
a diamond called Labyrinth scolds
orts of this ilk
will their dead clouds
ache

"that gift with blond haft and thick fixed blade..." --Peck

Art factory.

turquoise grove · soft harpsichord
rueful invention · quizzical jeremiad
purple koolaid · orangutan limberger
necessary mist · mossy nozzle
loose orange · kapok poleaxe
jussive quotidian · irreal ruse
hootenanny sampo · gorilla teetotaller
fungible undertow · ebullient vamoose
dying wharf · carouse xeric
blarney yowl · atonal zeugma
zipgun apgar · yarrow blister
xenodochium chorale · witch duster
viral ectoplasm · uffish foamcore

A Saltus sonnet.

"He drank quickly. The wine was ancient and heady. It lifted up his skull so the moon, which now was sailing closer over the groves, could see in at his brain." --Tanith Lee, Faces Under Water (1998)

(chambers's own illustration, via)