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Ekphrasis on Salvador Dali's "Maelstrom", 1929
abstract, my head 
 stitched up and 
 made of lead 
 in an ulterior land 
 
 stitched up and 
 aimlessly stumbling 
 in an ulterior land 
 thoughts are tumbling 
 
 aimlessly stumbling 
 into a catastrophe 
 thoughts are tumbling 
 in my tragedy 
 
 into a catastrophe 
 will you follow me 
 through my tragedy? 
 a maelstrom of debris 
 
 will you follow me? 
 wallow in tacks and nails 
 a maelstrom of debris 
 insanity always prevails 
 
 wallowing in tacks and nails 
 the figure in the doorway, 
 Insanity always prevails 
 will I ever find a way? 
 
 the figure in the doorway 
 he is a phantom 
 will I ever find a way 
 out of this shaded kingdom? 
 
 he is a phantom 
 abstract, my head 
 out of this shaded kingdom 
 made of lead

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