rendering

 

the host is more than the host

he beats with more than the blood

more than the obtuse wanderings

of cells and improvisation

this is a rendering

a portrait of life

a life within a life

glances are never just sightings

eyes not the lay of vision,

for in this creature's whim and fancy

is a dedicated machine, within

the soul like a beating heart

without the elements

so seemingly perfunctory

and as random as a birthmark

are distinct and as uniform

as a personality disorder

this is an exquisite rendering

so novel and linear

that even the lateral

seems patent

 

to render this

is to render

an unwieldy portrait

one that cannot be subdued