The Siege (rev 2)

[Apache]

Revision 2 (addition italicized)

Bound by right-angles,
hydrangeas blind the window-frame
to the bitter clot of light

over wrought iron chairs 
perched like insects 
beneath constellations
of coffee stains.
The dark circles 
around a barista's eye
a stubborn parapet
against the red eyed frenzy
of the night fast

imploding
in steam and speed.
Beleaguered

soldiers boiling
oil for the castle walls.

Revision 1:

Bound by right-angles,
hydrangeas blind the window-frame
to the bitter clot of light

over wrought iron chairs 
perched like insects 
beneath constellations
of coffee stains.
The red eyed frenzy
of the night fast

imploding
in steam and speed:
beleaguered

soldiers boiling
oil for the castle walls.

Original:

Right-angled
hydrangeas blind
the windowframe

to the bitter
rotten clot
of light

over wrought
iron chairs perched
like insects

beneath
constellations
of coffee stains

while the red
eyed frenzy
of the night fast

implodes
in steam and speed:
beleaguered

soldiers boiling
oil for the castle
walls.