for T.

lips of southern shoal spelt by letter
recur biographically
throughout your dewy household,
though disordered encaustic text
gapes our possible origin -
nyholm / eleven / musical customary
owed to shambolic january lateness.
debunk Kenyan lab mystique
w/ progressive lunar cycles _ dwell
_ laid face-up festivities _ higher-by-vol.
romance upholds your twenty-first reverie
against court-bench proclamations,
& if his admired resilient professional sways
check roses;_ you are dry.