the red gauntlet holding five books flooding Dan in Damascus

“Fyve bookes com doun from heven for informacioun of mankynde.”
– R. Higden, Polychronican

Book 1

a sisterhood of tall pines
varied saints drunk on tales
lips searing the skin for protein
now comes the excursion

Book 2

the sanctuary mess vetting
the grace of the snow curving
where oils and vacuums divide
here we are homed together

Book 4

triumph where lions parley fences
taught the first love never died
nothing is true under God’s influence
where carried saints drink tales

Book 5

locate the bitter stems for many fields
caught inside neighborhood paints
shying away from the night lights
towards the patterned dim stallway

Book 3

the just judgment carried briefcase
tailored to your bottom whit
where seagrass and spoils ripen
sawing leads off manuscripts