Subletting the Library of Congress

subletting the Library of Congress
for torches made of opium and gas
like fur coats in the midst of extinction
mother birds berate the fleet of ashes

telling generals pastel is better
to remember allegiance ties
this remolded terror from within
armed postal papel, home to home

crowded tub chair charcoal families
rift valley statesmen laundry lists
allowing tideline fornent springs
abutting the great halls of collapse