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for Conrad
thanks for loaning me the book
of the order of Stella
on the Apex is the word
the number of the pentagram
thanks Conrad
for me
serves as the basis for construction
the wheel, the lion, the eagle
the book for loaning
the divine and angelic names
before the face of the gods
begotten
her simple red tunic reaches to the feet
I wish I knew Latin
before all things are the chaos and the darkness
I lay in satin darkness
Heavens, his hands and his eyes
buckle into one another
until the absence is the better
better the ruler than the ruler adjunct