headless box turtle is in fidelity
with the spring ephemerals rib cage
of a water bird is in fidelity
with the actualized understory
congressional movement of the meat
body least attractive stretch
of neck violets creating
a permeable membrane (redundant but
necessary) a developing
flush of golden
oysters who else has tried
to clock what the hour was
withholding I will eventually
stop refracting but for all
you know this
is diamond class
the hairs stand
even in
full sunlight
the blood
loss is
all mine