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Open Poetry #40

The brown

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2007-06-19 04:10 AM

I do not wear the brown
of love’s emphatic “no”
like a choker around my neck
but instead the blue of a mood
that sets the “no” to flip-flapping
like a traumatized black bat
in the belfry of my mind.

And like a reactionary upstart
loud, too loud, and on the point
of deafening the king
I do the mental fuss-fuss-fuss
in the dead of lonely nights.

To be awake to what’s perceived
as the right of this lifetime
and yet to sleep a foolish act
that impacts the rest of time
with riotous behaviour.

Turn, turn, turn; it’s okay to learn
brown never can enhance
ethereal skin tones!

Helen / 19 June 2007

[This message has been edited by Honeybunch (06-19-2007 09:46 AM).]

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2007-06-19 03:42 PM

Well now...I've seen some golden browns
that might enhance the color of my eyes...

but it is always up to the beholder.

Enjoyed the thoughts behind this, Helen.

RogueandPoet
Member

since 2007-06-04

Posts 126
Oregon

2 posted 2007-06-19 04:10 PM

Great rhythm to this poem.

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