BLOOMSDAY

Quince Bitter

Quince bitter
And the yarrow of her tongue

Hard against the shims of my thighs
A lingcod sucking milt

And the fainting spells as always
The fainting and swooning

And indifference to eels tongue
Milt and joss

Copeland et al

Head cove to scapula with iron scrims
Steel charnel bone

Cudgel driven joist to hilt
Xyster chisels manse from glenoid

(and the pain)

A million times worse than cholera
Or whooping