BLOOD   Blood is associated not with true life, but with its pale and ghostly counterpart. Dennis J. McCarthy, ‘The Symbolism of Blood and Sacrifice’   I …spin ..my .red wool in the purificatory rite of ..a ..spider dropping stitches…..onto…..steel altars…My…šurpu..lifts all…kinds….of…..curses and…..bodily…….pains. Let..me..sing..for…you a…red…song…Let…my shedding…..raise….the “strengthless……..dead” in……………supplication that….you….and….they may…confer.…Do…you wish……..to………change your…….answer.…….Pet food……..and…a…….half life…of…millennia,…..or Circe’s………punishment. […]