Montecello
Thus in the waning hours of the night he lays still
Betrothed only to the beckoning hours of the morning
If the morning comes at all
So by this meager promise he burdens the cold, the dark, glutton to its secrets
Perpetrator of the night
Binding, sealed with a kiss he puts out the candle
Hot wax splashing
Blood blooming like wine on the soft skin of the mouth
The gentle apothecary has told true
Blessed aroma!
Tangible and fleeting your bitterness lingers
And your body...
To say nothing of your body would be better
Than to feebly describe your goodness
Pewter is not silver and I am no fool
Yet, what I has since entered?
What he is present?
Whether I be he, or he I
There is but one answer
The glass is empty and I am out of drink
So begins the great divorce
Before the union ever passed
Oh, bitter burden
Oh, perpetrator of the night
Fill my glass again