(36.) STOLAS, or
STOLOS. - The Thirty-sixth Spirit is Stolas, or Stolos. He is a Great
and Powerful Prince, appearing in the Shape of a Mighty Raven at
first before the Exorcist; but after he taketh the image of a Man. He
teacheth the Art of Astronomy, and the Virtues of Herbs and Precious
Stones. He governeth 26 Legions of Spirits; and his Seal is this,
which is, etc.
black birds wheel
against the sun
scream in the tall
corn
sit implacable on
the porch
when I left the
dead city for good
lining the
powerlines in the not yet morning
a murder-choir in
the trees beside the baseball field
choir, imprecation
of angels,
blue joke about
doves
Caruso, our
schoolyard singer
gleaming irridescent
and starless
tapping on the
windows, clever thief
instructor of
children
thought and memory,
sitting in the fork
with me
for hours,
unconcerned
jewel-eyes shining
in the forever-summer light
while I hung in the
weeping tree
above the rusting
washers and bicycle wheels
wasps and brown eyed
susans
the fly-bloated
possums and eyeless raccoons
and their roadside
ministers
thieves of corn and
silver
what have you taught
me?
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