My black is found   trenched at the base of the Lea

missing-poster-bodies   distorted voices beneath which I am

coarse fuzz of algae coating   the surface quiet

missing-poster-bodies   distorted voices beneath   I am

coarse fuzz of algae coating the surface   quiet

breathless   succumbing to a mould of purgatory

coarse fuzz of afro coats the surface   quiet

breathless   succumbing to a mould of purgatory purge

eyes   curdled-milk-yellow   search for God in the fore

breathless   succumbing to mould   purged

eyes   curdled-milk-yellow   search for God   in the fore

sunken bicycles   wheelless   converted into crucifixes

eyes curdle   milk-yellow   search for a God   in the fore

sunken bicycles   wheelless   convert into crucifixes

their faint blinking lights the edge of flushed flesh

sunken bicycles   will-less   convert into crucifixes

their faint blinking lights the edge of flushed flesh

its birthmark    familiar   is this how out-of-body feels   how I bear

faint blinking lights   the edge of flushed flesh

this birthmark   familiar   is this how out-of-body feels   how I bear

witness to my body’s twists   how it takes shape in wreckage

this birth   familiar   is this how out-of-body feels   how I bear

witness to my body’s twists   how it takes shape in wreckage

if I die here in the marshes   the melanated man will hunch up

witness my body’s twists   how it takes shape in wreckage

if I die here in the marshes   de-melanated man will hunch up

my limbs   my body becoming traffic-cone-bright

if   I   die   here   in the marshes   de-melanated man will hunch up 

my limbs   my body becoming traffic cone   bright

against tarmac noir   as if to say   turn   lest you wish to become this

my limbs   my body   become traffic cone   bright

against tarmac noir   as if to say   turn   lest you wish to become this

will I be publicly rested   surrounding towers

against tarmac noir   as if to say   turn   lest you wish   to become this

will I be publicly rested   the surrounding towers

a brick stove from which I burn   an impromptu cremation