Silkworms

[Wjames]

silkworms

ask me more than once
why vomit coats my tongue
when the heat makes veins
crawl like slow slugs "slow" seems superfluous - I've never seen a fast slug.
and I will tell you
 
that on thursday
my face extended
to touch every flat wall  Sets the fever dream tone.
 
that expulsion on the sink edge is alien
and this cloud of hung and heavy silk
once moved yellow and alive
in the entrails of silkworms  Perfect stanza - striking and clear.
 
that the underbelly of my rimmed ear
reminds me of formation 
tendrilled cartilage and baby tendons 
in the shock dark This stanza tripped me up a bit. I personally can't see why the underbelly of a rimmed ear would remind someone of formation tendrilled cartilage and baby tendons. This may be intentional as the poem is delirious. It does sound very nice, though, and creates a nice atmosphere. The other stanzas are able to sound nice and create a nice delirious atmosphere for me without creating a connection I can not comprehend, though.
 
that a creature like a bat encased me
somewhere between january and march
when its skin fused elastic I think this jagged, grammatically awkward line break is intentional, but I would personally add "over" at the start of the next line to connect the two lines a little more.
the folded sharpness of the ridge formed  
 
that the baby is two halves the vomit and the silk?
and in the river
water glides green over itself
its squirming molecules the kissbreeze
that caressed me soft on kelvingrove street Nice ending

Very clever structure with each stanza asking the question that was asked more than once. Wonderful fever dreams that are hard to make heads or tails out of, but rather leave the reader with a number of possible readings. Fun to read, thanks for sharing.