Ismael Ricardo Archbold
Self-Portrait
140 lbs. of gut & stone,
a tabernacle of heart
crumpled in the attic of action.
3 1⁄2 cubits of bark & fire,
an ark of bile
shored against the stoop of stoop.
27 Februaries of dust & paint,
a basin of skin
capsized into the hiss of story.