"Clockwork Ritual"

Iron on stone. (tik-tok)

Bone into wire.

Three counts forward.

Two counts hold.

The marrow freezes.

The alloy turns cold. (cold) (hold)

Step. Step.

Strike the root. (st-st-strike)

Turn the axle.

Sever the shoot. (cut)

Two.

Two.

Three.

Calculate the decree.

Two. Two.

Three.

Form the monolith. (strike) (sever) (remain)

Six beats under the bell. (three)

(three) Uncoil the iron shell.

Three

and two!

(break the gear) Two

and three!

(no blood here) Iron

to bone.

Stone to alloy.

Remain.

Two counts.

Silence. (hummmm)