Silenus

Silenus ~ Saggio ~ To the hills To the Riverbent fermentation forest Where the Earthly wisdom of Silenus, adopted father of Dionysus, God of fertility. “... Wilderness of renewals... “ d’enoi ganres Dank-turnt and taciturnt, Bounty of bawdry, alive with rich decay God of Degenerescence Drunken avant-garde of the feral Satyr-Song Reveler of rich, stable humus Under vast Sun-Cedar canopy As evergrowing with the Pines Between Rananuculae and Ambrette Fermenter of the viscous Paw-Paw Greased in reeking beaver gland Rich Castoreum, dam of potential On shaded wetlands Across expanses of luminous Immortelle Corporeal Blackcurrant stain of Cognac breath Deepest carnal Carnation blood Flesh flush plum-scarlett Ionone aura Star-Laurel of Anise, Great copper thistle of Amaranth, Wreathed in vernal Boronia shroud, Dianthus loincloth, Musk of velvet panther paw, Adrift in Ixora ~ Flame of the Woods ~ Casting Golden Acorns, across fermented Davana Meadows, Galbanum vines bursting from fingers Deep intoxicated sleep in the Rosemary shrubs on sunbaked Mediterranean mountainsides And deep-down, well-entrenched Rooted rugged, stalwart, in ancient soiled terre ~ the finest Ruh Khus ~ Chrysopogon zizanioides ~ Vetiver Bourbon, Vetiver Java, ... smouldering ... tenacious Rush of grass, thriving, roots soaked in wine The mineral woods, their roots smoking over flush skin The dusty musks lingering on dankest ancient cellar, Sweet intoxicated mirth Sacred vegetation ... ecstatic pastoral decay As warmth rising from skin and wood, ritual intoxication at dusk. Jaguar-trampled vineyard earth “Unrivaled Master of Nature” “Scholar of salaciousness” “Wizened Grandfather & Progenitor of Botany” “DrunkWalking cornucopia” “The bees heavy with pollen” “Sunset like the grasshopper flying.” “Jungle: Rising over the soul, green virid, of the jungle.”