Nobody was leaning outside the portal
- the Time Monster remained untrodden
down its scales on the tail.
Then roared sky-high
I fastened my soul against the masts
so it wouldn’t loose me in the Styx again.

shore me in
shore me out
mermaid me in your arms
resonate me with
the great horology underneath your skin

Her empyreal flesh levogyred
in my fleshing vaults

wind me in
wind me out

oh no
someone has stolen me
on the wrong side of the clock