Of all the creatures in the wood One law is commonly understood Deep in the heart of Fontainbleau The marriage of a whore and Jew The bride’s true dowry black rocks Equinox The wedding is followed by gifts Catherine de Medici lives Silverfish quilting testicle Despotic owl conducts the wolves And mulls attacking a fox Equinox Equinox Red birth mark Equal light Equal dark North to south Thoth with pen Let us give praise and thanks, Amen Celestial bodies transform to flesh And commune with the wedding’s guests They twist and thrust and whine and grope As if under a microscope In hope to to catch small pox Equinox
