Opiate

     
So it is!
A curious mingle,
          Upon that woody shingle,
Upon that ligneous shore.

     But more, is the meddle
Of twiggen basket cringle,
     ( A crepitating cringle )
And operant hellebore:

     So rarely suspended,
( Pendulous, then upended )
     From the crook of an
Marmoreal member ( an arm ).

     To the apothecary’s cradle,
( Table, stew and ladle ).
     Scions tumble, leaflets crumble.
Tainture! But mark; a sistering jar:
     
     To his swelling ring.
Singular, the serous bead, that to her
     Rivelled aureole clings...


Crowkeeper (Cornelius Scarecrow esquire)