Roman

Cardinal Deflection

Fortitude misnomes 
an Alaskan attitude 
prepared for winter, yes,
really ready for dark

Casually fragile glasses 
were broken before
treading water 
lining the pool's floor

Lower me forty eight
miles and minutes
to formerly descriptive
lines and lies and lights

Scorched worth
fast decomposition
each tells fungus mush
our room won't wait