Interesting. I read it a couple of times and kept getting new impressions each time.
Nostalgic aroma on the breeze,
frill machine of callous ease.
"callous ease" - very unusual phraseology but it works. Callous is actually quite a good word. Will steal the selfsame for something. :-)
Wrought vicissitudes
in a legend's mask.
Frightful, rife for siphoning—
too scared to ask.
Wow. Good stanza. The bolded part especially.
Troglodytic ale,
Don't knock it until you've tried it. It wets the whistle.
Re-rust, resume,
resurrect, rejoin.
Five alliterative r's in four words that actually makes sense. Rightous :-)
Quill