odd girl necks herself thinly
into dress &

odd my dreams / grimalkin verbs
devil-turned / fur in action

ox tail soups into pregnancy
cat-stripped skin bags in bins

& dark gods pour you
from the sink back up

silvered by the grate of hair
and balled and balled in belly

there is no getting used to
this / height charts the ceiling

where the devil tries to hide

        ( he thinks we
        can’t see him

        curling into mold & making
        fungus of our fragility

        white-capped body / spore
        cat caught in teeth & odd )

girl necks thinly
into dress / ambiguous

then as person or
something vastly
wet / dream

parts pulled up
like plumbing like

catgut strung
& dredged / & dead

carry skinless bag of baby
bellied on the fat of head

devil take us now
forgive all that i have said