Saturday, August 30, 2025

JENA OSMAN ~

 




Anatomy



bread    flesh    herbs


too course to be eaten                    parts: heads, feet


pigeons of herbs preparing sharp sauces


causes                    of unnatural things

irascible 


pleasant at first        tending to evil        guts


in the vinegar fog     delight the appetite blind


if cold,        ambition marks a mad spark


hot and grievous        symptom of prophet vision


wanders all over the body and home in the dark



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Jena Osman

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