A Poem by Laszio Aranyi



Border Crossing

From a dilated, mucous pit you came--
         three-bodied,
lizard-like formation.

Below us:  the infectious Body of Earth.  Above us:
         the seal-headed Homunculus grows a spherical retort,
his convulsive fingers--
         flaming columns, with claws at their ends,
pointing towards the gaping wound of a grave.
We have crossed the border.  Will the heart follow us,
and our flesh-and-blood double, scythe in hand?

Why would we seek silt
at the bottom of the Honey Lake?

The knight has long since disappeared from the armor,
and the aforementioned
         three-bodied
              lizard-like figure
         raises the double-edged sword . . . 



Laszio Araanyi (Frater Azmon) poet, visual poet, anarchist, occultist from Hungary, Earlier books:  (szellem valaszok, A Nap es Holderok egyensulya, Kiteritett rokabor.  His poems in  English have appeared in over a hundred journals.  His new books are:  Delirium & The Seven Haiku (Published by Dead Man's Press Ink, Albany, NY, 2023), Sacred Anarchy! Poems and Visual Poems (Nut Hole Publishing, 2024), The Temple of Confrontation (Dunap Art Publishing, Hungary, 2026), Lady Buddha (O:JA&L/aRt journal, Montana, USA, 2026).  He has been nominated several times for international awards.  









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