Equatorial Mood Ring

the earth's twin died at birth.

her twin visits her only when she too

wants to die.

her twin changes geography as if wearing

an equatorial mood ring.

all features forever present, but nameless.

once she stopped, condensing a single

revolution into the sandy pit of a circus

enclosure.

the color of depthless purple, in the middle of

a desert.

enter Noah's henchman, the one who taught

animals to perform tricks.

he wore a top hat & had a seven foot tall

crystalline body.

the ringmaster's pit was filled with serpents,

colorized & patterned as if out of a pineal gland.

he went thru them, snapping them straight into

flaming swords--head to tail.

working them down his throat.

until a wind stood up, swirling against his ring as

if it were surrounded by glass.

when that protective forcefield let off--the

ringmaster vanished into blown continuations

of sand.