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[paperleaves]

a detested abitur, a swollen impasse serenaded by the most
exquisite diatribe, the classical manifest is destined to progress
and surpass the
ancient syllabus.
I'm wading in you, awaiting the swollen, seething testament
from your ethereal diaphragm, I want you to
breathe the truth into me
and let it shred me into a mess of fractured ligaments,
strewn together by the molten glue
of God's golden sinew.
the veins of the altar, a temple immortal,
bathed in cisatracurium besylate and cardiac sores
the bold, brave lamentations
of the widow in the white walls
she will lead us to the sinners, but we'll never know
what she knows

[MorpheusSandman]

Another mini-masterpiece I do believe, paperleaves. I've missed reading your poems on here lately and I'm still waiting for you to put out that book. Two questions and two comments:

1. What is "abitur"?
2. What is cisatracurium besylate

I love your vocabulary but now you're even starting to outsmart my Firefox dictionary!

As for the two comments, I adore these two parts:

...I want you to
breathe the truth into me - There's something about the enjambment and the emphasis on breathe that really makes the combination powerful.

and really those last 4 lines are all superb.

[paperleaves]

Thank you, Morpheus! Cisatracurium is a paralytic agent which is used intravenously, and from my knowledge, I believe that an "abitur" is like a break following high school graduation in some countries. :)

Thank you again for the feedback. I really felt this one.

p.s. This response is from my phone-my apologies for the brevity

[Bar22do]

When you unite with human suffering, Paper, economy and your choice of words tear us, but you then generously make sure to carry us forward to a safer place of quiet respectful compassion. And wondering.... Moving. So beautiful.

[PrinceMyshkin]

Your use of medical terminology might have stopped me were I not already used to your love of hunting and displaying wild syllables. Although I have not yet seen "Avatar," some of this read like the digitalized beauty that is said to be on display in that film. And like the previous poster, I was very moved by the final lines, the "widow in the white walls," God bless her.

[~Sophia~]

echo, echo, echo all the comments above and especially loved the line "the widow in the white walls"... WOW.