Ernest Hilbert - Standing Female Nude

Scalpel glitter—
Glitter of origin, sleep

Glitter of oily flag and dreck set alight
Smeared initial

Scaly fragment on boot-sole
Glitter of blue oil spark ignited in snowfall

Glitter of flint
Glitter of sniper-fire

Slab of stone chiseled with lost battalions
Glisten under rain with slick cab-light

Teak surface laden with
Stipendia and citations

Spindled jade striation
Magnitude of fractions and curvature, cuticle

Daubed metal
Silver mold slack as loosened hair

Recline in leather and arc
Ignite moist black tobacco, breathe out

Ernest Hilbert

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