. . . . . . . . . . . . .
              .                         .
             .  shiver at the prospect   .
            .   of expression             .
           .    swung to the zero          .
          .     of an animal                .
         .      blocked by being             .
        .       folded at the throat          .
       .                 |                     .
      .                  #                      .
     .                   |                       .
    .                    |                        .
   .                     +-+                       .
  .                      | |                        .
 .                         |                         .
.                          |                          .
.                          #                           .
.                          |                            .
.    . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . .       .
.   .                                             .       .
.  .  tall by white reflection                     .       .
.  .  of a separate life                            .       .
.  .  focused                                        .       .
.  .  to a chance poetic arc                          .       .
.  .  that aims                                        .       .
.  .  to trace the fragile balancer                     .      .
.  .  entangled in the dark                              .     .
.  .            |                                         .    .
.  .            #----------------+                         .   .
.  .            |                |                          .  .
.  .            |                |  a molded winter finger  .  .
.  .            |                |  leaving syntax curves   .  .
.  .            |                #- of madness              .  .
.  .            |                |  on the mirror raging    .  .
.  .            |                |  farthest from the act   .  .
.  .            |                |                         .  .
.  .            #----------------+                        .  .
.  .            |                                        .  .
.  .     an unforgiving                                 .  .
.  .     trial without rules                           .  .
.  .     where the warmest hand                       .  .
.  .     at lying to the pendulum                    .  .
.  .     is tempted with the rank                   .  .
.  .     of master                                 .  .
 .  .                                             .  .
  .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .
   .                                               .
    . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . .
                          |
                          #
                          |                              demand the shock
                          |                              of breaking past
                          \                              the voluntary ice jam
                           --------------+------------#- to air too sharp
                          /              |               to recognize
                          |              #               how much
                          |              |               exposure hurts
                          #              |
                          |              |
                 orbit through the fear  |
                 that shouts             |
                 identity song           |
                 is empty                |
                                         |
                                         |              will hand the bones
                                         |              to everywhere
                                         \              so incomplete
                                          -----------#- the empty body
                                         /              sags before
                                         |              the perfectly fitted
a deal to slip                           |              speaking wall
the formally deep                        |
persistent mover's -#----\ /             |
hiding game               |              |
                          |              |
                          |              |
                          +-#------------+
                          |
                          #
                          |
                    the ocean bell
                    comes fighting
                    through the noise
                    to play
                    the master of occurrence
                    as a barely noticed
                    particle of hazard