Alm 9

by Seth McKelvey

turns out that

o
    bit
      us;
thus this tum-
       ult-
         -ima-
           tum-
               ult


was it obit
               -er
dict
               -um
               or
was it
          obit
-uary  ver-
dict…

unsure end
(period or ellipsis or
both or neither or)

the pen-
ultimate of course
  is more clear

but so unsure tumult
                                I made them
when nameless convict and cowled
executioner converge
on anonymity,
                      illegibility,
becoming each other
outside the Kingdom

      beyond
                  The
      across the abyss

when chaff itself becomes
fire itself

does the orbit

wary
         or…