Dead before death. (Edit 2)

[cidermaid]

My apologies to those who read this as first posted. In my haste to have a go at getting out of my comfort zone, I had not done my proof reading and the resultant mess of commas, used like hundreds n thousands, can be attributed to the hurried last moment changes of line presentation of a poet all at sea in her thoughts. Sorry about that. This sort of basic error should be dealt with before posting. :

Also not sure if rigor mortised is actually correct. (I am trying to convey the mind set rather than a physical actuality. Any suggestions).
AJ