Through wading puddles turn a stream,
What wyrd thing this, a stranger's love,
All carries passing over as a dream,
My path continues on as so above,

There parting in the pearly clouds,
A smile. For hearts grow neighbourly,
And little is achieved and needn't crowd-
But it is so much.

An ordered scattering of cards,
To madness heralding the end,
When all the jig is up votes descend,
And through cracked lips pronounce us merry fools,
Flocking in their every feather,
Perching, leaning close together,
Gathered while the night is young and sleep too hard.

Hit the wall,
I peel off like a pancake,
The day is overdone but edible,
Charred dough for battle scars,
Patchy with bitter and sweet,
Covered in syrup for the day is replete.

Cold hands,
Are frozen in the air,
Steady still if not for rampant jitters,
Clawing for the wind,
Dancing round snaking zips,
And fumbling on icy metal,
Open please, dear bag of mine,
Twice frosted though contents now the same,

Oh... a little cut,
From frozen metal shining,
A little more red than I last appreciated,
As always...
Far more weighty than we seem to grasp,
An intrusion of morality into our ignorance,

Oh... how scarlet,
You stain us with that which cannot be unstained.