21 (22)

his chant to reach for morning
1-8
why god to god withdrawn recalling
hind in song to deafen raving
night roar in high-born reason praising
worm as manliness for dawn
9-16
didst draw from womb to cast or breast
but totem calf obsessed with bull
so ravening poured out of heart
to mouthe in text
17-18
theirs numbering per bone to stare at
mine unclothing drawn with die
19-20
to hurry ministry remaking thine to still
before thy one and only bows my head
21-31
such sword or lion's teeth in unicorn
for I at word to build unnaming
semen field from dread
to filling modesty till service
poorest summon memory.