Only

across the black sky,
torch-foot;

beside the pillow,
salt-wet;

beneath the cherry,
blinded;

in the milk-jug;
on the table;
by the bookshelf;
at the window.

crimped and crippled,
torn and shaken;

retch- rejecting,
lash-assailing;

wringing
rearing,
writhing
reeling --

This principle unpaired;
this tale alone.