Youth
Jason Scott
Graceful, golden and perfect I pirouette,
With gore-glazed force I thrust forward
Eyes sewn shut and yet I see all
I will not fall, for I am the Adonis
The prelude and the aftermath
Flawless, invincible, I stand marble and bronze,
Mightily I resist
I crush the sun-shade flowers beneath my earthquake stride
I trample all and do not blink
I am the light of the swollen killing sun
I am force and lust and blood-boil in the brain
I
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