Jupiter

My father, working night, first shift, eternal light

The curse of Adam: labor

Outside in the parking lot, the current of wind and the light went hot

He held his head in terror

By Jove and by surprise

The current of lightning filled with light

It burned his hands with symbols

White noise, as Lucifer, the sacred fire, the sacred fern

Conceived with holy water

His radiance in the dark

Mysterious shape or beauty mark

As if it were Minerva

Breastplate of Jupiter, the hovering deep, as he spoke the word

The light, the virgin creature

All dreams of all disease are fantasy features first conceived

Illusions worth remembering

Our father late at night, forbidding death, he kissed the light

As Jupiter transfigured

I need you to change me, prevent you, persuade me, by Jove

I need you, sensation, by virtue, persuasion, by Jove, by Jove

By Jove

By Jove

Father of light, father of death, give us your wisdom, give us your breath

Summoner says that Jupiter is the loneliest planet

Red right eye, put in its place, under your foot, carpenter's cape

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet

Floundering star, failed that you are, fevering pitch, figure of speech

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet

Say it with faith, say it with force

Say it to my face, put me in place

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the only conquest

Hurricane heart hurricane haste wandering star, put in its place

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the only contest

Father of light, father of death, give us your wisdom, give us your breath

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet