Mirror Box (Dissolved)

(1)

Balance of
the onrush

its drama, one
of silence
over sound,

of being skirted
in passage
with priests

behind doors

color
and cut
gold

a clouded
cistern

jackal
bounding
about the pines
between reeds

my guardians
overjoyed
driving off

the clouds
into cities

the chariot
doubles back
in two parts

a wing
to pump
to slow
the air

a city aloft

for the birds
most grand

set apart, adrift

fountain stamped
dome
at the center

(2)

long tones
___________sweating the ice locked
sutras

arriving inside of stations

verses toppling out
_____________________stranded
a river scene beside

________the wires left crackling
pools
_____in razor
crosses of birds
the clutch is worn,
____________________fallen back
golden grasses
________________striking
blue silk