auf wiedersehen spiegeltent - Zenobia Frost

auf wiedersehen spiegeltent by Zenobia Frost (24)1.the circus is gonebig topstripped to bonewide-load giraffeskeleton cantersin smoke and hammerscollapses collapsesghosts of their shimmeringcrushed into clayat first light we steal glancescarnies disguisedas men unravel canvasfor one last actThe Great Vanishment2.we returnto one-hearted one-stepspreacher calls to his lambsbowler tumbling downarmand we come their suicides unwindfrom sky-held ribbonsour strongest menare not strong enoughour women cannot flythat man is a tin soldierhe is all moving partsthat woman hoversen pointe en tightropetheir drunken limbs forgetthe ways they should not bendwe swallow whole wordsand the lion obeyswith a wink in the glint of its fangwe cannot contortour mouthsback into grinsthey fold back into boxeslike costumes like paperwith string and bells secured to their toes