The Tribulation Zone

tracking pregnant lizards
a muscle found deep
inside the cranial
opening
miniaturization
of the mind
to fit
into
tight magnetic
spaces

search for a blessed
place to place
the sacral sac
resting on the clapping
gums
clammy and destitute
as Willy Lompoc’s honor

taut screaming
echoing throughout
the villa
who but God to appeal
at the stone entrance
to sudden
eternity

thus ancient geology
sits at bone
of indignant refusal
(the kind of words the
French use to placate
tyrants)

these aerial objects
are monitoring OUR
reactions
to see if
we possess the insight
of discovery
or the stress sleep of
human despair

Jeff Stewart – The Tribulation Zone (2025)