Alethea
12-06-2003, 12:14 AM
stained motley cliffs jutting out above the water,
an opaque blue sky’s echo in steam and foam.
the hiss of vapors rising from an artesian well.
murmurs of the insurgent current
...................beneath the quiescent, frothy veneer.
briny sulfur crystallizing within the
.......................rocky walls, embracing the sauna.
a flogging from an ill-tempered wind.
hot springs mud,
...............wet and exfoliating,
.............................plastered all along my skin…
therapeutic stillness in the
...........................simmering, geothermal waters.
gusto and grit graze my lips,
the acrid air, whipping around and stinging
...........................like a million cold tentacles.
...lackadaisical... and absent...
an opaque blue sky’s echo in steam and foam.
the hiss of vapors rising from an artesian well.
murmurs of the insurgent current
...................beneath the quiescent, frothy veneer.
briny sulfur crystallizing within the
.......................rocky walls, embracing the sauna.
a flogging from an ill-tempered wind.
hot springs mud,
...............wet and exfoliating,
.............................plastered all along my skin…
therapeutic stillness in the
...........................simmering, geothermal waters.
gusto and grit graze my lips,
the acrid air, whipping around and stinging
...........................like a million cold tentacles.
...lackadaisical... and absent...