bits of shepherd hair lined the crevices.
   they ignored them,
       superficial twins sitting singly,
     the old sofa a material witness
       to the regurgitated conversation and
           increasingly insistent intent -
               the rescue of unacknowleged futility.
   bound by
       gold,
       fanciful words,
       undercurrents of once-rapturous zealotry
(now as illusory as the elusive embrace),
     mated in victorian pearlescent innocence
(picturesque [...]

the symphony of the desert is beautiful.
plunge into a
   coalescent thousand years of melody
      begat by beloved scarlet-gowned fields.
sighing sitar-painted strains of
   dolorous lacrimosal leitmotif.
labyrinthian memory unraveled,
   envoked for a season of thought.
choral-massed majestic
   living adhan of antiquity.
applauded, the
   brash brass passage of
      five-five-six;
thrilling, the
   thunderous percussive
      one-oh-two mike-mike.
refrain in endless reprisal,
   largo lost in [...]

Now, if ye bear a noble name, or riches father brought,
Or in the tourney earning fame - per these a dwelling win;
But deed and word? O these alone to me are only naught -
Adoring ye shall finely own, for I reside within.