24 Caprices

twenty four caprices of lording fire--

a violin grabbing the horsehair of a bow.

brutal angulations, the muteness of

hollowed out release--keen to its own ear.

then multiplying fingers plucking at strings,

as if deviously imposing a riddle.

the karma sutra of incubi & succubi.

the idle thoughts of their prince, supping at

a decomposed apple--its tiny anuses sliding

out seeds.

while he looks up in ejaculatory boredom--

unable to live it way down.

Author's Note

*Inspired by Paganini's: "Twenty Four Caprices".