A muse that loves misses ?
like strange defenseless kisses

And a sorrow that swells
to drown itself in mischief

Dormants that sabotage,
ploy and play 

Loath to love again ?
send me on my way --

Pledges push fetches
out across edges

Fathomed to a dance 
lingering with death

Blazons out a rocket
in my pocket 

Troopers call it rent
a cruel riddle

That hangs down the middle
shifty with menaces

And shimmering tentatives 
hungry at sea

Dangling off 
an ambiguous key.