And in the endless pause there came the sound of bees

Blood, departing
cheap soured bordeaux
the noise of the world but a hush
life hanging on to a corpse
corpse hanging on to a man

Cheyne - Stokes in arms
glistening rain as sweat
an honest, laboring forehead
an honest, laboring man
still seas, still sands

devouring blindness
the wheeze of the right heart failure
the shiver of the motionless tide
as in, we
are.