choose from among all the doors!
—each door, like a tall order, beckons…—
in gratitude, door that leads to the body,
to blood circulating carrying nourishment,
lifeblood of kinships, of kindred spirits
in fear, door that leads to the unseen,
to sheddings, blind spots, ceremonial slaughters
of joy, door that restores subversive possibilities
among blood brothers and sisters, through descents—
door to the beginning of all things, to the seat of emotions,
and of endings too, blood-curdling massacres,
blesséd bloodbaths
door for letting in breezes, for letting out sighs
door for words to pour out of, doing what comes naturally
open this one to read the writings on the bloodsoaked walls
open that one and steal a glance at the universe’s secrets
how many there are! doors to what is real, doors to what is not
open this door for your child, open this door for your wife
open this door for your enemies, for your friends left behind
door to life, door to the dead in you, still alive with messages
door of bloodied masks, door of marvelous Mother Mary
door of a mascot you make your own, door of marvels
inspired door, door of status quo instigating insurrection
door leading to insomnia, insatiable door
here’s a door with your initials written on it
and one that betrays the last shred of your innocence left
in the fluid world of iniquities
world of doors at our feet, at arm’s length, eyeballed doors
door inhospitable to new influences, florescent door
that shines in the dark marking one’s way
door that yields to touch, holding us on course
door that has front and back without hinges (guiltily)
open this one to a feral face
now this one to a fertile, erect equation, unsolvable
door blood-red with thirsty blossoms
bloodsucking door, bloodhewn door
door that’s been blue, purple, vermillion and acquamarine
door of disregard, of the damned
door fused to the passage it opens to, disfiguring door
door of division, door of raising of roots, door of raising to
powers
transcendental door, sacrificing all for—?
aleatoric door algorithmic in nature
all-American door with a special pipeline to Allah
bloodied, aliphatic door
door abloom with bloodwort and bloodroot
door splattered with holy blood, door for the bloody-
minded in us, contrary yet worshipful
door at which bloodmoney is paid before it opens
the endless bloodletting between the enemy and us and all
such adversaries needing each other
the door that opens to copperheads copulating
the door among the hawthorn where the hawk eyes its prey
the door leading to a lawless, lazy leach
open this one for a view of the North Star
do not open this one for it is notorious
—bloodless, cold, averted door as in a nightmare
this door is the noumenon
a door to end all doors, a door like a nova
be careful of this door, it is not noteworthy
this door point-blank is for poetry
this door is a port of entry to the high seas of abandoned desire
this door like a pocketknife
this a ravenous, despoiling door
door of mystery, of enigmatic righteous sorrows
door to riches, door to deliverance,
a threshold for spanning space and time
door for the sowing of seeds
door of the sovereign, potent sow, vulgar and obscene
door waxing and waning below the waist
door of our opening, our projecting, our rapacious selves
vulture-like door, wounding door, door of the conception of
miracles
soft mass of a door, door to blow one’s wad in
wide open door, heart-shaped door, door like a wailing wall
holding this one open for you, the one to enter last
door guarded by Canis familiaris baring its teeth
the one we’ve been loitering at all this time,
that was waiting for you, inescapable
door to hell and back, door to love
Copyright (c) 2012 Alan Botsford
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