Odes, Kubla Khan

Naked Venus of desire the Evening Star of man’s unrest adorned in dreams of wanton fire was charmed by Kubla Khan’s request and sent this message East and West. “Renowned craftsmen from afar nursed on visions Khan has seen instilled with constructs of the stars shall build his pleasure dome’s decree.” Buried stones of enormous girth compressed and gardened by the earth upon these stones his Kingly prize Khan’s tall white structure will arise with chiseled columns that shall breach through balustrades that rise beneath, amid the raging skies of blue the center of the dome of pleasure will twin the sun at the height of noon and in the evening's gemstone treasure adorn the anklet of the moon. Below in caverns hollowed by the waves strange creatures in the darkness thrive; they swim the sea with lidless eyes, with instincts soul map myriad caves with black nocturnal sight; creatures glow through endless night and in their spine each tiny spark colors dance from drop to drop, florescent creatures lone delight rejoicing in each faint speck of light. But oh! the passageway that leads suspended between the mountain and the gate upon these terrible heights the clouds give siege bright lightning strikes and thunder quakes, and through this rite on charging steeds Khan bequeaths his reign of dreams. The archway at the precipice vaults deep into the rock and the force of the intermittent fountains lifts their two bride stones to unlock the entrance grate to the covered mountain that is fed by the falling ice where trickling streams fall fast and ever melting in persuasive light each drop sounding its harp-like measure as the creatures sing in the sea of night. The dome of the Mount of Pleasure appears floating on the rays supported by frozen fountains of an ocean's sunless waves. Venus awoke to this new sight a floating pleasure dome on waves of ice!