The Looming Matterhorn

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February 2026

The looming Matterhorn is conceptual
Even my alarm clock diminishes
What sherpa would take me through the harsh snow
Patient, rugged, through seven candlesticks

All-covering coat of wool when I’m called
To, shaken, leave the windy foothills home
& exporting myself, centered and sprawled
Enchant the snake to rise from soddy loam

For I am captain of the windjammer;
Material consequence is beneath
What lofty waves befall the hammer
Of my soldiers’ whining & gnashing teeth

Brrrriiiiinngggg!

Lo! I am slain. The alarm clock fashions
A sword that cuts through imagination



Can anyone think up a better ending to this?