Monday, June 1, 2026

TENEBRAE DEMENTIA

 primordial darkness swelling inward,  

a dementia radiating perpetual spite  

is a black hole  

in the self-awareness of the self  

and of those close to it,  


it devours love,  

emits waves of despair  

from A to O,  

from one to nine  

(the seventh is no greater, no more meaningful)  


darkness persists  

from dawn to dusk,  


counting the strikes of the clock  

becomes sifting numbers—  

some fall through the holes,  

some are forgotten altogether,  


left behind  

like last summer’s pumpkin  

to wither on top of the cupboard  


…  


someone is walking somewhere  

I have seen him  

known him  


who?  


me / you / he?  


o?

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