Theory of Change in a Time of War

Game face tiptoes past vertigo at once

depth from the racy smudge pot

of potentate miffed by lack clacking in

his head inconsolable now that frisson

has gone numb as post-splat shiver

on a breath-base of crumb cake withering

beyond yon room a-shingle of would-be

home reparative thatched woof and weft treble

clef from the clay-struck versus plucked harps 

swilling swarms of arms open and closed

laps of lapis clothing the spirit smooth

from receding hairline post-fidelity

to repartee of catch and release into

the sodden dowry beneath rotundity