(I) two fourteen. spinning blades. burn. meat at the lion's teeth. trap. loose strings. empty heart. empty canvas. two wholes. furtive and clutching. too much.

(II) tap away. peace through a filter. tenuous lines. tenuous liberty. what is real? to die, tomorrow. all ways open. inviting heights. filled absence. my breath.

(III) girls, a loan. one hundred and three twenties. more than humans. just a faculty. burning away. tap again. crunching tailbone. unsent. white stripes. black void.

(IV) cold fluids. white cream. merely compounds. amber is clear. vision impaired. homing devices. nine rotations. small, insignificant. jealousy? false impressions.

(V) beautiful coitus. eat us cold. months, blank. tear and rewrite. desires unfelt. remembrances. empty promises. nothing to hold. nobody to choke. need guaranteed.

(VI) reversions. inverse rest. desiring. beheld beauty. aged nurturing. pure harbours. yet a crucifix. bottomless waters. no refunds. no rewinding. hydras, weeds.

(VII) nausea. peristaltic. rubbing tracks. intruding vines. puckered, ugly. imploding. a poor imitation. hunger. puncutred appendage. glowing words. dangerous glance.

(VIII) twelve solstices. blood embalms leather. fortune. no overtures. rungs, snap. wire all keys. heaven is prison. one egg, two cigars. long, promising, delectable.