The Axe Effect

to do this
requires time, motivation
ignorance, stubbornness

passion is exhumed
momentarily
for the pursuit
of blind dreams

so here it is for you
a fart in the dark
a burp in the wind
a breath under the water
blood, under the skin
pumped from the source

so come on in
the light-switch is in the dark
the wind is aggressive but dry
the water’s warm
my breath as sweet
as you want it to be

but my blood runs black
beneath the red

what i have to show you
is a mirror
cracked
smeared with blood
wiped clean by me

you will see what you want to
its appearance kept up to scratch
just for visitors
to please those
easily pleased

see the green leaves
the brown coarse bark
the slender taper of its trunk
this man-sized tree
seemingly innocuous
natural, despite propagation

& here i come with a dull axe
& when i’ve finished
i will lay my neck on the stump
& you can raise the axe.