The Tolling of Bells
Untoward
distorted
discoloured
navel
abyss
rebellion
pouring
pouring
poured
gaping
unutterable
however
unexpectedly industrious
at least once or twice
along the way
and battered
again please
more time
sometimes
nothing
no bloom
no dust
no experience
cleared
like a clarion
untouchable
militant
like Hell
like unravelling
and unpalatable
to be quickly
put down
down
down
and up
inevitably
a fly
a tube
a monster
a life
absent
always absent
never understood
never
navel
abyss
rebellion
and untoward
not hearing
not listening
not wanting to
not again
shattered
beneath you
shattered
uniform
and salty
almost bitter
almost so
just so.