Strata Casting

by Vernon Frazer

pistol dowry turns below a cappella

to transport their surplus radial tint

no cleaver left to ply the massage

from portage to latitudes recumbent

where numbers shred their stamp

or grasp the terminal rotary turnstile

trafficking deadly fashion statements 

worn in need of long dress platitudes  

streaking rummage no gown can apply

leverage statements leaking privilege

through the limbic renaissance creation

breeding origins silicon detectors

worn enchilada sweepstakes in need

hinting deportation flowing empty

nectar button transits loudly deplore 

the dead nostalgia vessel portraits 

looming overture filigree varnished 

left pastures incumbent on gratitude tests

the serpentine lattice living fumigation

where seekers cornering flumes report

acrylic dandruff meatloaf genders

surrogate replays to adipose impeding

circuits chronic with lapels promulgate

destiny vacations umbrellas unbowed

or clipped at the vintage repertory

withering panetella creases germinate

rebuttal fumes animate creed whistles

consolidating late bandana cameos

when omelets fail their passage spread

at odds with favorable grimace carts

baring their plentiful shiver plates

withering doldrum padlocks wary

of dead legends pining to hawser

agrarian nectar fish removers

detail inflected rubble clarions fail

to halt the raging aquarium rebellion

crossed headers breeding filters

that bray under blistered moonlight 

barrage rumbling underfed pledges

fraternizing legends devise hazing

blood play to measure boot floods

overrunning banks with telling notes

alarming loose variables running on

treadmill fumes fascinated lumens

left on time a pointed departure

burrowed trail footage on the wait

an easy filter toward displeasure

elemental as crystalline rhetoric

sampled a shuffled turntable mix

breeding amps for nostalgia feeders

a deluxe climb to radio margin

decibel foot-longs pasted to meter

thong filters during protrusion mode

daring placental decadence movers

to mottle slow ambitions rotting

along the passage elemental fury

animates the glove latch hovering

overtones that ring pierced ears

to gobbling gastronomical smirches

before flagpole settees disburse

their mileage statement transfer

to wobbling institutional facets

maundering at the marginal

teflon leaking in brand name 

only sharper multitudes packing

conundrum filters to still life

wherever breathing settles lower

disclaimers compelling rudder tacks

whose crematorium genetics crate

the hard-worn mirror defection

a loyalty straddled from neither side

nor the circle of protective ambiance

delta cradled or not as ladles fly

voluminous bodily snatchers boldly 

deface categorical directive vacuole

transfers correcting situational detritus

that tends toward eclipsing the molar 

eviscerated under cartilage steps

or traced beyond flagpole strata

pioneers of the cellular vacuum

divert an evening runway goddess

strapping gown fled cleavage toasts

the sun-bred follicle volley mutations

ventilate a sutured passion length

no retrospective claim to divert them

from the wary gloss of lost perspective

embracing wonders costing the cast

a halitosis invasion squad to bargain

mind breaths to shorten surveillance

their tenure slowly shattered wind

that flurries tentacle fusillade glands

where landing crates prove a vain

hold where no choker has grown bold

before mouthwash turned reciprocal

flaring nostril starters at a coastal retreat

umbrella shakers turned contrary

motion denied access to hearing 

victuals on the rampage surged last

place in the legion duffle bag amour

soufflé left untacked at the station

respecting the fuselage flash its panache

gum spreaders alike seek recalcitrance

as nadirs bellow foghorn throttles

marking shelves beyond the strata

clenched behind their breathing

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Vernon Frazer is a regular contributor to this blog. He appears in AlteredScale.com 1 & AlteredScale.com 2. He will also appear in the next issue, coming out in the spring.