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Open Poetry #38

stick and flames

CastleGuard
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since 2003-04-30

Posts 760
Alberta, Canada

0 posted 2006-06-06 11:13 AM

what shadows drifted through the soul
of that hunched, squatting beast,
beating a stick on the ground
with his tightly clenched fingers,
a gleam of atomic proportions
already in his eye...

he sought comfort in the crackling flame
as he had done for thousands of years -
but the dancing tips were blithe spirits,
unconcerned with his predicament..
and he raised his eyes to the stars,
perhaps they would offer answers -

and now he has gone there...
he has come far, that primeval beast
of the grassy plains —
yet, he still stares into the flames;
he still tests the stick, in all its forms,
and pounds his chest over a vanquished foe...

so far “intelligence” has eluded him —
though it’s just within his grasp...

just beyond the stick...

CG

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2006-06-06 11:31 AM

grinning...your stick/intelligence metaphor is great

Bodger
Senior Member

since 2005-06-12

Posts 1260
Tolerance for a short time

2 posted 2006-06-06 01:52 PM

I really like this

Dave

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