Djuna Barnes




Satires - (Or why not ask...)

Or why not ask: What of the kissing-crust
Where the great victims {prophets} met. The Trine,
Father, Son and Ghost?
Say what suborning shade, and gulched the wine.
What hand was on the Host. Who keeps the seat?
Someone apart, who fodders on black meat?
Soft you now --- 
Who licked the vision from the pelvic plate?


spoken = Heather C. Liston