Round the Mercury
time (that savaged emerald)
flows like scaffold spiders
or money without price.
– “Mercury Switches and the Mating of Clocks,”
Alacrity Stone
kissed by gold
is her lovely
skate backwards
round the mercury
from the first spark
brass candle holders
silver cherubs
bronze cylinders
he laughs, their steps
in unison
mirroring soles
of frozen men
their podium
the uterus
that wrinkled jewel
bequeathed to us
and Jesus like
a wingless blur
hums the daffodils
over her
time flows like money
without price
steel blades scar
and cut the ice
vibration shuddering
the heart
into grace
and into art
~~
George J. Dance, 2009
from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015
[All rights reserved by the author - Used with permission]
George J. Dance biography
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