45.
Ogmios tongue me what to tell
halfway to hell I dare make
invocation
inspirez-moi the Temple must be built C.G. tenor solo bare rock in Judaea
teach me how to do this thing you
make me do
the hymns of Milarepa thrill from
strange obedience
teach me to tell what I don’t know
learn from the babble when you sting
my lips
strange means an unknown woman
coming through the door arms full of
flowers
I can’t understand a single thing she
says
I have no choice but to write it
down.
46.
Draw a picture of the Temple here
as you imagine it so it shall be
here is a photo of you building it
here is a rainbow to wear around your
neck
keeps you safe in battle with the sky
who taught me to work this damned
machine
all moving parts are still only the
electrons move
rich men keep getting richer as
drunkards just stay drunk
there is no doorway to their castle
a house goes on forever like the old
Winchester place
money has no natural frontier
the violin mourns the new-fallen
king.
