Heaven's Test

                   

 Kisses     of Paint

                               crimson red 

                                                   

                                                    and

                                violent blue              

wept 
          across
                       the lips

                                      of gods

                                                   offer 
                                                            complete 
                                                                              
annihilation.

   Gleaming and wet

                                                 like tears of glass

                                                    sweet and sharp

numb

                                          the body's pain.

                                        At twilight's streaming

                                       

      

            from the tip   of a brush 


                                      Desire Runs,

into a pool  
                      OF PIGMENT.
 

LUSH AND DEEP  
in narcotic rhythm,                                                                                                

                             

forty lashes 
                        STAIN THE FLESH .

                            

                      

                                               

The colors 

 rest...
           Heaven's test.