Block My Eye - Death Vessel

Now I am versed in silence

My throat hurts, not from yelling but from holding back

I won’t say E, A, I, O or U

Taking on brown on and off the aisle

Genuflecting with the middle brow

Soon to be mouthing Q

Block my eye, off the vine

Relief from a moth-eaten mood

Tap my spine, that grapevine’s been creeping all over my hue

Gone to the eaves — to the world (the whole weave)

Clouds of vampire bat wool leave me deaf to your rosaries

Block my eye, off the vine

Relief from a moth-eaten mood

Tap my spine, that grapevine’s been creeping all over my hue

Down a peg, downward fire

How down can dim get?

Stranded in a mutant pattern, likened to all heck

Tapped out of all desire, turning to regret

Relate or relax

Block my eye, off the vine

Relief from a moth-eaten mood

Tap my spine, that grapevine’s been creeping all over my hue