myth, that gold thing
the stalk the leaf the branch
the freakish lambswool the sun color
the ruin the organizer of ideas
the accompanier of spice
the attribute of rule
the touch turned everything to
the spiritual outlook
the beat the airy thinness
the glitter up the foil down
the solid
the standard the hard currency
the theoretical l’argent
the retort baby
the baroque equivocator
the lamé glitter
the powder the dust
the fine flake on a rosebush
the fool’s fire the philosopher’s crush
the page-edge
the gilt manners the wretched
the thumb rubber the shiny thing
the dull clump
the good conductor
the plug on a good wire
the shaft the wheat
the cornsilk the ear
the anything cereal
the nib the tissue ivy
the clot the piss the untouched
the representative blight
the smear the ingot
the filigree and its stone mother
the brilliant impact
the ghost the crown
the thought struck into matter to hallow it
the splendor the allegiance to
the unseen significance
the plate the mind
the forgive me the wheel
the heat the lion’s jaw
the thing the mane is
the shiver the long questionable shorthand
the crowd, untruth