Untitled (the teapot)

the skies are filled with the half truths and sideways snides
of the coming

quickening

it is there in the sign
of the overturned
teapot,

a pile of ruins
where the floor is wet

if you look
you will see

take a gander where the
side bulged brown,
that piece that is a little 
bigger, and slants to the left

that is the sign of the 
Oft, the King to the West
of understanding

it means that the
Auroras have spoke

and there, you see the
handle, lost without its
burden and rendered
a sad annoyance

that is Shoden, the brilliant 
sea

it means The Cerelium have
begun the chorus

and it is there where the tea
has met the mat

that is the sigil 
of Raspoon
The Rapier

it means
Harpagia has turned 
the key

I see and I know

the skies are filled with
the wasted ideas and the
midnight sufferings
of fools

the quickening is
coming

grab your babes and run

~~~ Ted Vanderveldt ~~~
September 18, 2015