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Turpentine Chimaera Lyrics by Ordo Draconis

The Wing & the Burden

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The First Image on Entering the Gallery
THE aspect I thought to partake of
Casual quiet alone and the
Wide grimace to be inane
Aud'bly smirk sardonic scorn
Still the choice I have between
Both, one of which receives a
Grimmer grin when mordant the wit
Which leaves but one: return
The Second Image
A web of vivid movements
Holds me in its grasp, though
Profound its depths which lured me in
To bounce my eyes back
Into the gallery
The First Image
A rigid stare peeps from behind
The hollow sockets deep
Forcing mine to delve into their
Dazzling darkness
Torn is the parlous shroud
This apparition wears
Who breathes anew resuming voice
With the view of finding ears
The Third Image
Thus the mind sharp with
Feverish chimaera, each
Sense engaged and
Merged into a blend
(The cries that found themselves
Shiv'ring o'er my spine
Stir such taste of turpentine that
Space is clear to resound)
Myself I find
Drawn into the landscape
To be surveyed and dwelt upon
Half of the sun submerged
For gleams and shades alike
To ridge the erstwhile gloss and stretch
The slopes up to the pike
My wand'rings reel dispersed
Across the canvas wide
Which exceeds by sharp relief
Its listless lifelessness:
The same chiaroscuro through
Which the expanse immures me
Obtrudes the path that leads beyond the
Horizon's span
The Fourth Image
-Out through the next... No
Wind to carry the sheets, has vexed the
Placid sea, breathes tacit silence...
The surface so conspicuously smooth;
I must be the pivot of these ripples
As Aeolus I press the winds from their recess
And hoist the canvas as the sailor
Waves of one wave, first
Plodding and jostling, break step
Unravelled, steal a march
To dislodge me hence from this watery grave;
The dark waters I ride
Revolt, swill out the dead seaweed, like
Shoals through meshes 'scaped
The sea, unshackled, bellows: Liberty!
Still inordinate, the sway
Remains for me to bridle and vanquish
Until more sharply delineated...
Likewise, the primordial artist
Attributes his work to the dissolution
Of such a tremulous framework:
The Order of the Dragon
The Second Image
Out of the gallery
Yet one last glimpse, surmised right so:
My web I'll weave accordingly
A tangled clasp, a hauling net
Though, extricated, the spirits flee
And strings shall be pulled again
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Ordo Draconis

Ordo Draconis

About “Turpentine Chimaera” by Ordo Draconis

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