A literary name,

The Travails of Plethora:

Or Innocence Preserved,

(1740) by Sir Graham

Nigelson, or, a pied

Cloth in a sepia photo,

Under an Aphidistra on a side

Table, or, an organ’s fleshy sheath

“The surgeon retracts the plethora

So the tumor beneath…”,

Or, a purplish rash.  “…a plethora

with headache, call 911…”,

Or, a long prayer of atonement

Muttered by a nun

At sunset, or…

They hang in one noose

Bodies upright,

Heads upside down, close

As if comforting each other.

About to be transmuted

With heat and wine.