“an overturned
teacup which glided
about like a thing
possessed, indicating
with its handle
the desired symbol”
—James Merrill,
“the Scripts for the Pageant:
The First Five Lessons
The easy-going chat—
Becomes more stringent
In Mirabell, their familiar
Spirit no longer human,
But fallen angels instead.
Mirabell the Peacock—
Much mythologized tells
Us about Arcadian Atlantis
Where genetic engineering
Made centaur men possible.
Akhnaton shows up—
Exploding a pyramid of
Quartz with solar power
There’s this Research Lab
Deep inside our corpuscles.
These mysterious sessions—
Similar to Plath & Hughes’
Dialogue Over Ouija Board
Mirror a doorway to Death
Or Cocteau’s Imagination?
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