Star Anise

conch—conscious

eclipse—ecliptical

hyperalgesic humor

queen keeps the pearl

shunned wife keeps the diamond

ancient tale and

sequin—sequential—consequential

pierced through its center

its sun, quench

shell, the couch

conscious

chorus conned

klemp clamped clump

lungs summed

and heart sump

thump thump

thump

button up

button in eyelet

sequined yarn in yarn-over

in placket

in radial walk walk—

sequential silk

arm in arm