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soul drifter
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0 posted 2007-09-09 10:52 PM


(another old one [from 2003 I think] that I never posted here before. Even though I may be better now, I still like this one for some reason. Paris in this one is pronounced "pairee" and there's that Seine pun. Lame, huh?)


Girlfriend Road

The night is all parrot squawks
and gypsy feather green
we tickled the sore underbelly
of a neon gay Paris
now a tambourine rain falls
driving the honeymooners
in Seine
and the cathedral song echoes through
the scattering pigeon square
as I search for you there

The bitters of a windy martini
on the April sky
and in every sunlit Monet canvas
the waters so blue they’re taking pills
and eyes dancing in memory
here I find evidence of you
and I sleep in your cloche smile
crushed and velvet like my heart
then the laughter of children
a park rimmed dusk
and I still search for you

In the cloud’s keep
kingdom of the goddess rain
her depression grays the cityscape
and into the gallery hall
and bad coffee I gaze
rhythmic patterns fingered by
nothing it seems
ghosts of your cold hands
once wrapped like a bow around this gift heart
of mine
and tracing the sad smile of my chest
here I realize, in my moody downpour
I have found you.

"Hey, it's me, I'm dynamite and I don't know why" -- Van Morrison, 'Sweet Thing'

© Copyright 2007 Zach Hilgefort - All Rights Reserved
JamesMichael
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1 posted 2007-09-10 04:54 AM


Like this...love the title...James
A Romantic Heart
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Forever In Your Heart
2 posted 2007-09-11 08:40 AM


Enjoyed your piece of poetry!

ARH

You know you're in love, when you can't fall asleep,because reality is finally better than your dream~Dr.Seuss

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