Kokytos Shore

licorice bleeds into lime bleeds into dust

skeletal rickshaws & ghostly sirens
tuk-tuk axles greased with human fat

neon eyes dilate & contract
limbless shadows writhe in arrack

miasma wafts over street valleys
marinates a phantom procession

a naked man sells fruits from his chesthole
papayas & pineapples & chicken hearts

cliffs of slobbering motor oil & steam
engine blocks roar under a curving carapace

and in the distance, stained glass soars
into the helicopter-stirred static

dark within minutes