Trying something, anything, everything
to get it just the way you want it,

a comma catching breath, an infinitive
list: to eat, to gluck, to growl, to purr.

Masterpieces, under brittany smoke halo,
stiff, smooth, nailed against the wall.

Performance Magnum Opus, method-possessed,
brimming undertow and spreading tremor.

Lamp-light silhouette, an aria in suspire,
recitations of titles and operatic movement.

Say my name out loud.
Tell me I'm magick.