Black, the engine shakes.
The spindle, worn with endless spinning, sings and shudders;
red yarn breaks.

The crimson curdled dye won't take.
At a touch of missing hands, all bridled up in rubber
and black, the engine shakes.

He marks what lighty foiled words he bakes
with curds, bright oil, and butter
while red yarn breaks

into the signature in all his worst mistakes.
If you force the bursting singed-red  rudder,
black, the engine breaks

and, dependent on her slate, you will rake
off effervescent rain into the stringy gated gutter
where red yarn breaks.

You never pass the sill if, black, you try to fake
your way through clack-closed gates and shush-sashed shutters.
The red yarn breaks,
and black, the engine shakes.

-Tay

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