to a warm

hollow, the coin remembers

lion rampant, once solid

and regal, now dark,

hard to discern but present

pressed, impressed with weight of ritual

 

                                        ritual

                                           warm

                                            present

                 hollow, the coin remembers

                                              dark 

                                           solid

 

                                   lion rampant, once solid

                                                        ritual

                                                      dark

                                                         warm

                                                     remembers

                                                          present

 

                                present

                                 solid

                                  remembers

                                    ritual

                                   warm

                and regal, now dark

 

                            dark

                             hard to discern but present

                          warm

                            solid

                             ritual

                               remembers

 

                                                    remembers

                                                       dark

pressed, impressed with the weight of ritual

                                                present

                                                solid

                                            warm

 

              ritual, ever-present and hallowed,

         dismembered to discern dank ramparts

             sullied                  warn                  suppress