from ‘Cancer, or, The Crab’, a section of The Ecliptic - by
Moonpoison, mullock of sacrifice,
/ Suffuses the veins of the eyes
/ Till the retina, mooncoloured,
/ Sees the sideways motion of the cretin crab
/ Hued thus…
Moonpoison, mullock of sacrifice,
/ Suffuses the veins of the eyes
/ Till the retina, mooncoloured,
/ Sees the sideways motion of the cretin crab
/ Hued thus…
Omen
/ In the gloamin.
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