I.V.

blood’s push on space’s
ivory bases

places the heart
on fingers’ lined faces

blood lost in snow
prints fingers’ flow

on pages of air
soul’s silverware

heart’s print on ivory
eye’s stinted artery

fingerprints’ waste
galaxies traced

the sleighs of the skin
worlds played within

Kailua
July 20th, 2004, 1:34–2:45 pm