Clever Blood

Ron Koppelberger

Clever Blood

Blackened by the fire in emerald eyed dreams,

Humming in silent tunes of passion and fear, allayed

By the promise of heaven at the end of the secret path,

In primitive extravagance and gnashing misgivings,

In sure sated angel hair and goblin aghast, butterfly merits and

Cocoons of silk, a construct sustained by the favor of

Delirious paths and frayed bat wing will, by

The proposed clever blood of faithful

Rapture.