Marzipan

1         A thick hole in the dark         from which         stars pour silver         as in pails         their runny divide         ink-strewn scalps         torn from the roof of the sky.         2         Padded footprints         giant ferns blooming         constellation prints,         the wind an athlete         pacing about a track         drying thru fingerprints         thin, nectarine light.         3         Sand down whitest skin         moving past your hand         a gown, mauve to green,         iceberg lettuce,         the black festering         across a ribcage;         while night arranges         moths to dusting powder         pucker-lipped         fronds from afar         4         Afar, the word a gypsy         tangled in the waves,         foam from a medicine bottle         agitated and strewn,         bubbles calculated in gasps         light into the distance         forlorn         tree-frogs, the cricket         sound round deep          - movement of night as         a rumbling in the ground,