Jay Thomas
Half-slip Credo
Half-slip credo:
extra lining
between the stars
facelift
for a circuitous
churchman.
Incandescent lull.
Haggard racket coughing roughly
sublimates
tender blasphemies,
currencies
silent
and rarefied.
Palpable excuse for regimen.
String, chain, flowers, foliage, soldiers
composed of men.Animals
that burrow
into poison gas.
Infallable infancy
asleep, owing to the head.
Distinct stamen
of magaine opinions.
Passing nudity, recitations over-
gorwn: convex,
freezing.To contribute
an element long lost:
the thing
as a spectacle
its sharp point
into blue sky.