transmutation
by some strange ritual of unwrit alchemy we drank -
that pungent - heavy - vintage dark -
of claret rivulets by violence bled - released -
from sorrow’s swollen vast impaled heart -
an aching vessel heaving fierce - perpetual - behind the ribs -
of that itinerant sorcerer from Nazareth -
and by that token - taken - broken - given -
we shared a table - with all the myriad blazing archangels
amidst their ageless flight.
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