I.
black finnegan—liar
black finnegan—something insensate

black finnegan—who walks slow tall and long in the dark room
black finnegan—whose words


commoving as the ocean
undress things


'you worse than senseless things,' you
black finnegan, who sleeps in back of the tavern…


II.
dead man
stolen words

birds circle you
madman's devotion


black finnegan
stolen words
breathe in sin again

drunkard's potion

black finnegan—suit of salted words to the action

black finnegan—who let the drink undress the words
black finnegan—who sought the birds' motion to the words
black finnegan—and again and again and again…

III.
who let the vultures undress me?