The eyes of the visitor were actually
loops at the end of strings hung around
nails in the wall
to hold his face up

The mouth of the visitor hung from his eyes.
The strings from his eyes to his mouth were tears.
The tears from his eyes to his mouth were black
from industrial make-up melting and pouring down

The thick carbon clogged in the motion of each tear
becomes a sturdy string,
residue of another fiery process.
The meaning of everything clogged in the moment of ignition.

The meaning of the majesty of sunlight clogged.
The meaning of our power is who must take waste products
loops at the end of strings hung around
nails in the wall keep up