The Other End of Oblivion

Plug Castle of the atom wars

Is melted at the seam;

Compressed into the glass-ridged slag

And fused across its beam;

Plug Castle of the atom wars

Has heard our children scream.

 

Saturn

Pattern

 

Dread castle of the mind’s decay

Dark crumbling Fort of Night;

Abysmal guardian whose dream

Afrights the anchorite:

The Dove and Serpent intertwined

In archetypal flight.

 

Oyster

Roister

 

Triskelion Goddess, healing flames

Sheet-lightning of the soul;

Iron Tower of the Guardian Keeps

Discharge your fiery poll!

The ruined fortress stands agape

Around your casement’s bole.

 

Triton

Chiton

5/23/62

Note: Originally published in Thelema Lodge Calendar, December 1993.