Dark Days in the Night

subfusc \sub-FUHSK\, adjective:
Dark or dull in color; drab, dusky.

[Origin: 1755–65; <>subfuscus]

Subordinate ordnance ordains
Our upturned faces singly in the night;
Obligations spit and crackle
Peeling the subfuscous nothing above us
into ribbons of razor-light;
Washing the pride from our countenance
in sublime strips;
Leaving our hearts beating sluggishly
Underground.

The Spearminter

vehement \VEE-uh-muhnt\, adjective:
1. Zealous; ardent; impassioned.
2. Characterized by rancor or anger.
3. Marked by great energy or exertion.

[Origin: 1475–85; <>vehement-, s. of veheméns, véméns violent, forceful (of uncert. derivation)]

Vehementhe behemoth
Making 'I's at my wallet;
Christening the spot with
Its putridium erectile drip:
"My Time! My Time!"
Again and again.

But this is mine: this
Thistle-lime and creeping doom.
This is yours and mined time;

Ours, if you kennit, or
'ours;
Whichever is less.

But this time could be different!
This Time
We could be different!

We could escape these paper folds!

Minty Magic Land is our
Nightmare pancreas;
A constant demand
Of soul
And heart-juice;

An acid wash of highest caliber
rinsing your brains wholly holy
and 'holy'.