Enclaustic

What’s the power in carrying those words, enceinte?
Can’t I put my hands to work?
We employees learned long ago this encephalocentrism from school.
In case we had not the faculty, they burned it in.
Now we shop an empty emporium.
Emulate mistresses of empire en brochette.
Repeat.


Brian Clements | Mudlark No. 28
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