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bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

0 posted 2011-12-30 09:54 AM

by morning,
there's an enclave lost in my hair,

a tinge of grenadine, of jasmine,
an entire narrative of ladybirds
loosening their buttons,
falling in with thieves,

say what you want
but this door inside me,
drawn with a stick of chalk,
opens onto a catwalk, a murder,

repeat my name in the mirror. seven times.
and wait to disappear.

if you extract the bones from my ears,
you may build a cupola, a reliquary
where I stumble, am misled
by curvature, by cotton,

at noon, I empty all the rooms
to stop them from reeling, burn
the berber to kill the rot,

something about the shape of my face disquiets you,

my anxiety has a house and a fence,
and a tremulous white doe in the yard,
an entire habitat, teeming,
a plague of starlings.

on Friday,
I'll begin to rip the stitiches
from everything I have ever sewn,
keep them underwing, close-bodied,
in the incorrigible synapse of memory,

moonlight splits the Mahogany dresser open,
and at least two dozen butterflies swarm in air,

give me a window to climb into
or out of, so I can dream of peacocks
and dark fish swimming in my ear,

repeat my name seven times,
and wait to disappear.

there's just nothing left you can say to me.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Mr. Pat: This is about as flowery and sunshiny as I get ! [I know...leaves much to be desired....but what is life...without longing? ) LOL

Thanks for putting up with me.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2011-12-30 10:26 AM

Hah! The "flowery and sunshiny" goes quite well with the longing and horrors of your inner sanctum, Baby Girl. To be able to travel down a flowery and sunshiny road through life would actually be very boring, I prefer to spice it up with diabolical roadblocks and turned around signs you follow, getting lost, but experiencing much . . ..

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

2 posted 2011-12-30 11:10 AM

Mr. Pat, you are then a man after my own heart...for it is in those lost moments that one experiences the true depths of human ....and divine emotion!

Thanks for reading!

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

3 posted 2011-12-30 10:15 PM

"repeat my name seven times,
and wait to disappear."

there's just nothing left you can say to me.
Enjoyed your write.

I am repeating your name seven.....

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

4 posted 2011-12-30 10:16 PM

~LOL~

JL~ thanks for checking this out!

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

5 posted 2012-01-03 03:36 PM

quote:
on Friday,
I'll begin to rip the stitiches
from everything I have ever sewn,
keep them underwing, close-bodied,
in the incorrigible synapse of memory,

Funny how we tend to do just that, hang on to in memory what we ripped to shreds in real life. Excellent writing.

"repeat my name in the mirror. seven times.
and wait to disappear." Yep, a blazing ball of sunshine!

Great line, that.

Michael

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

6 posted 2012-01-03 03:51 PM

Thanks, Michael!

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