enchanted curioglow
eyes knot idly waiting
for deus ex machina
bid the twiss times roll
in howling clay
with fingers plunged
inverted frosted threads them all
we must compel them roll
shuffle through the rockpools
with open hands and heart
striking and hell-bent
wring and let them roll
© Curtis Ackie 2022
Catherine de Porada, L'union primordiale, entre (1942-50)