the sound
of an anemic
necrorhythm
cast out
from the dessicated remains
of a leper’s soul

draped
in the cadaverous heartbeat
of solemn drought
the organ
haunts the bloodspectre
of reminscence

the tock ticks
as brass gears
bind
against
the coppertinge
of sweet regret

a golem of bone
staggers across the uneven
heaving shadow
of hollow love
cast upon the stagnant flesh
of lustful repose