Clytaemnestra

Clytaemnestra

               All hail!

The narrator must remain 

               A beacon!

"The living of life looks normal

     against memory when you're 

          near the narrow end."

               Lady of Sorrows! 

[Put your fan behind the haze

     machine, not in front…]

convinced puns, turn o' phrase,

     parody, hilarity

—now automatic —bilious 

"But memory gets misty like mist

          gets misty."

               No misnomer that. 

[Wear thick gloves…]

but tight figuratively, 

some tabletop stichomythia

sampled for song by that band 

               Enjoy the silence.

[when touching dry ice to pre…]

where its narrator must re

          main 

"Can't remember when it misted 

     like it always has a life, mist."

[…vent severe cold burns]

               Daughter of Leda!

convinced through absurd

          ity, 

ambiguity: the narrator must 

remain convinced that every

          time

[Freezefog machines, oy…]

               Your shame, her death.

while  e x p o s i t i o n 

                                        creeps, 

it's more 

                                   fruitful:

"Water droplets, not angles

     or letters or glyphs or green,

          just greyish white."

[And mop the stage, 

     frequently…]

               They fight.

[catenate]