gaol

performing empty theatre
with my ghost mask on
waiting for the cruelty
to settle in, absurdity
to set electric every fibre
to awake every vibration
shudder, we shake & fall
curtain call to rise revenant
again

an ice to psyche &
given to axe
given to steel
rising from stone to
gaol the without, shadows
playing in the dank
while linger languishes
absorbed & unknown