once in on a noir eve eerie as i swore in reverie
over numerous or curious scenes in some inane memoir
as i was soon anear a snooze i was aware via some cues
some nervous susurrus issues, issues in a murmur on a roar
—a newcomer—i came aware—now arises in a roar,
some newcomer, or someone more.
o, i’m sure in reminiscence, i was in a season vicious
as some crass incense is miasmic in a reservoir.
insecure, i saw a morrow, in vain saw surcease of sorrow
in scenes common as a corn row, sorrow o’er once mine, enore,
a so rare evanescence essence an eminence names as enore
unseen moreover evermore.
so a morose, suave, unsure sense in some screen move in crimson
wore me, sore me, in an insane scare in no encore.
so i, as visions come immerse me, mimic a coercive swami
—some caravan commissioner or service man i’m sure
some caravan insomniac or service man i’m sure
is ever even or no more.
soon i came in on a resource, a carom in a veer, a recourse
—sir or ma’am, i reassure, excuse me as i vow manure
swoons as i was in a snooze, so some innocuous muse
as innocence arose a ruse accrues a rumor room or on a roar
as i was so sure someone were near—come in, swine ass—i swore
so i see, i see no more.
in visions i saw weave noir, a scare wove me in awe, a scar
i wore in raves no man as i ever saw come as evermore
moreover resonance was mum as no sonorous sum
amasses in a vacuum scrum; as a murmur came in—enore . . .
as i swore in coax me voices came an answer now—enore.
a mere murmur, ere no more.
in mine own room recess remove, i was anxious as an ooze
once more came in inner views raucous as a moose or more
—sure, o, sure—i rose in answer—one more amorous romancer
come in, screw me, necromancer, so our secrecies can score
reassure me now in answer, so our reveries can soar—
evanescence came, no more.
now as i overcame a screen, concurrences arose: a scene
seen scarce, a raven, one eminence as vicars swore
no minimum concern on me, no anxious move as some careen
more in insouciance serene, a raven now rose over me
arose in a narcissus move o’er me as romeos arouse o’er censors
arose immune versus marm scissors.
as a rara avis circus can amuse me, recuse curses
via onerous immersion in a reverie we wore
—as a crown is worn, a maven, i am sure, is never craven
as some sorrow’s vicious raven asea as on a man-o-war
answer me, i crave a name sir as i sense a unicorn—
caw a raven—nevermore.
as a rex crow can amaze me in eerie common summaries
in nonsense answers, reveries can seem in vain or mean no more
so we convene as women, men, in our communion unison,
no one, save me, ever renew a croon, a raven score
as moors a scow in a marina over rivers run a course
we can name as nevermore.
so a raven, one mass avis over me arose one access
monomaniacs converse in as scarce as a one moan encore
no excessive mezzo music, no coo in a mesozoic
resonance as microcosmic macaroni sauces roar
as i re-ran in a murmur, —raven moves on soon, i am sore—
caw a raven —nevermore.
anxious as a session ceases via answer in mimesis
—sure—i reason—as a raven mimics via memories, encores
resonance re: verses voices; curses serve as no eunoias,
re-run miseries’ auroras, movie consumer omnivores
reconceive in ceremonies screams envision scenes ere more
as in never nevermore.
now a raven reassures me ever in amicus curie
as assessors can concern me, i arose secure in rumor
i in innocence, naive was common sense’s reason sneezes
on a run i came unconscious as an omen’s raven swore
in a mercenariness encore
means in a caw on—nevermore.
so i was aswarm in seizure as no answers came as we swerve
on incarcere as an avaricious eminence wore
over us secure, invasive, i assume as in immersive
in a mire so aversive as an evanescence rose o’er
in a vision i envision in monomania once more
e. revives me nevermore.
now i sense a new aroma in an unseen censer coma
as some conscious nemesis comes as an osmosis cures a sore
—scum—i scream—a carcinoma venomous consumes a soma
as i unwaver in zen om a reminiscence, o enore
cram, consume a new erosion, overcome, inure versus enore
caw a raven—nevermore.
—seer, vicious crow, or vermin—i assess as i examine.
—can a reason cause our union or are we casino scores,
cameos in ceremonies insincere announcer emcees
croon in comic reveries, unconscious corrosive encores
come, assure me, answer, cure me, raise me in omniscience, soar—
caw a raven—nevermore.
—seer, vicious crow, or vermin—i aver or re-examine
—as our cosmos oversees us in omniscience, our amour
nurse me in an ozone sorrow, reassure me as i winnow
memories in vain so narrow in a maze i muse on, one enore
save me as i swoon in care, o, in communion cameo enore
caw a raven—nevermore.
—caw au revoir in ceremonies, crow or vermin—i, in moan, ease
a reverse course as i murmur—scram, vamoose, rise in a soar
sow no omen as a souvenir or reminiscence so anear
me in an ominous veneer, scram, vamoose, so caw au revoir
now remove a razor, ow, mon coeur; scram, crow, vamoose, croon no encore.
caw a raven—nevermore.
so a raven, no remover, now as ever is a viewer
in a ceremonious oasis on nirvana rumor
as in mien an evanescence ever more accrues an essence
reassures me in senescence as a crow remains in manor
as i reassure in essence mine can now on no soar o’er,
raise i ever . . . nevermore.
Doug Nufer is the author of many novels and poetry collections, including Rotalever Revelator (Sagging Meniscus, 2020), Metamorphosis (SM, 2018), The Me Theme (SM, 2017), Lifeline Rule (Spuyten Duyvil, 2015), Lounge Acts (Insert Blanc, 2013), The Dammed (ubu.com, 2011), By Kelman Out of Pessoa (Les Figues, 2011), We Were Werewolves (Make Now, 2008), The Mud at Man/The River Boys (soultheft records, 2006), On the Roast (Chiasmus, 2004), Negativeland (Autonomedia, 2004), and Never Again (BlackSquare,2004).He sells wine in Seattle.