Apathy's reed

The subject, stern and slender in parts,
yet enough inappropriateness round its waist to
stop, on the assumption that it’s the one being hailed

Peter instead, a denier as he rushes through aspects of Nord
so pretends: “Ozymandias”, is how it’s pronounced –
If for no audience no other reason than frost
that’s pronounced back,
But "always-already interpellated" I freeze
Not he, for I am the true pilgrim, disguised

and Rocinante - parked outdoors since autumn 
beneath heaven’s mixed grace
covered, is the other pilgrim
 denial’s own companion

who offered its aluminum meat …
to that pale personification of value,
whose blonde pubes - Phragmites australis - displaced old truths,
 but transmitted no whisper
and "in process of the seasons"
remained just so