Lanny Quarles / Like an Owl Whose Cuspidor of Snow Is Wedded Unto Must

timely is the test of snow
whose heart has many owls
whose nest is broken
into comforts, still,
and is burning
in this laptop
dell

i break out
the good shit
and lay back
in mother luxury's
hell

great wonder

i am only a device

please help me
find some protocol
to move my gamepiece
forward

or back
or down
or bring out
the good shit
in my hopeful family
of enemies

whose friendly
murder
comes poignantly
leaving me perfected

a joke
broken upon the silence

the mouse's love
toward the owl
at first touch
before the beak
sets in the flesh

the cold release
from warmth
and war for the mmth
time

mouth gag soldier
go off
to embroider
go off to join the upholstery
of Kthulu Polynesia

our island
tempting
tempted
emptied