Oak Apple Fortunes
on St. Michaelmas Day
we will slice open
the soft oak apples
to see what sacrifice they bring
O St. Michael
make them ripe with writhing beings
especially worms
but this year flies would do
how I fear
silent still empty chambers
no more-than-human life
to lay at your feet in supplication
the quiet omens
of unceasing dis-ease
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