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Absinthe Kiss
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Absinthe Kiss |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631
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This song is a promise, a sonnet for the river, as it streams in Pythagoras of absence your lips allude to a softer sound, there are cages for every element, my love, these impatiens will falter in the dark, swelter in the dusty kettle of our time, here, the doors swell in their jambs, every kiss is prison, this wrecked devotion ascends in tendrils of bluestem and aster, flails as my body writhes in its confines, nevermind the screaming in the syrinx of the night-blue thrush, as if torn flesh were given voice, a bird within a beast, nevermind this beetle in my mouth, it is gentle and shimmering, this morning is a murder of crows, stilled, black plumage, gleaming among black branches, taken for nocturnal leaves, Eden’s anemones like candles in the creases of night, spill their grave of light upon a bombarded garden, the stench of fever is scarlet and pliant in a pinwheel heart, as lockjaw unfastens its kiss, this kiss, an absinthe slip of ribbons, an entire alphabet falls silent, the night is copper-tongued and shaken, and you say I am, impossibly lovely in shambles, the night grows shackles against the songbird’s cuttlebone, and every kiss is prison, every kiss, this bliss. |
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BBGrrl Member
since 2007-07-17
Posts 181BC, Canada |
... stunning |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
thanx bbgrrl~ ~beLLe |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Damn! This got me to thinking about that green fairy....and how I should get some in before winter hmmmm... and how the good stuff is like $65 a pint. ...eeeeesh Oh! The poem. Yes...once more you knock me out with how you wrangle words |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
wranx~ you are a doll~~ Thanx for the peek inside~ ~babygirl |
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divine chaos Senior Member
since 2006-07-09
Posts 617dancing 'neath the moon |
I think this is my first read of you and let me tell you, I believe I have most certainly been missing out. This is absolutely stunning ~Sheli By words the mind is winged |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Sheli~ wow..thanx for the warm reply...you made my day~  ~hugs ~beLLe |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
Hello there ... first read of you and I'm hooked! Lovely writing here and I enjoyed every line... RDB Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight......... |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
RDB~ A true pleasure to hook you on tomy lunacy~I look forward to reading you as well~ ~hugs ~beLLe |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
a fine ‘write’….a grand ‘read’! I absolutely LOVE: “This song is a promise, a sonnet for the river” ; “there are cages for every element”; “candles in the creases of night”; pliant in a pinwheel heart; “the night is copper-tongued and shaken, and you say I am, impossibly lovely in shambles” serious, sustained applause!! |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
thank you, dreampoet~ your response to this warms my heart~ ~hugs |
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Rick Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 2903Victoria, Australia |
bel1e, it amazes me how differently all our minds atune to life, complex and stunning, thought provoking and image sending, it is wonderful that gifts from others are recieved as was this to me from you, very much enjoyed my friend, each line made me think, but I was taken somewhere and then left to ponder. Thank you for sharing. Rick |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Rick~~ my lord, what a heartfelt reply to this~if my words touched you in such a way...I am honored...and so glad to be able to share them with you~ hugs~ |
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