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The Paper House
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The Paper House |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
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In the end, if the house is a thought, begin by sifting its ash, faith, its mortar, faith, built on sand and the hush of something endless, sings like an anxious violin, a swarm of paper wasps stream through a Wonderland of parables, lit with firefly lanterns, ounce after ounce of burning, trapped by charcoal parasols as they spin in the sun, and the pink troll of our youth snickers from under its bridge, each day's bitter ribbon and its calculus of light rises up in my face, like some sad dream in which my throat squawks like a bird tearing through the flesh, as if it were air, as if it were air, it's easy now to carry a tune, to hold in my heart a red song, perishing inside us, something pliant and soiled, to plunder to from fro, paradise is nothing but a lonely shipwreck, and to plumb its depths is loss, is loss, is loss, what is it like, truly, to die like this? In the end, it begins with a sultry ache along the fillings in my jaw, a blue and ochre bruising, though, its incandescent, truant hue is the coo of doves, little gurgling drums, trapped in the borrowed vacancy of my body, on Sundays, I am nothing but a cupie doll, a dollup of tallow, bauble of bone, ingrown hair, enough, enough, already the house a paper wasp builds, is paper, after all. |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
I'm in love with your writing. Gorgeous. Richard xx |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Why thank you kindly, Richy~*~ |
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katahdin Senior Member
since 2010-07-01
Posts 1196ME. In the Shadow of the Mt. |
Nicely done ,enjoyed. Kat >^..^< |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
absolutely fascinating! Love this! |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
paradise is nothing but a lonely shipwreck, and to plumb its depths is loss, is loss, is loss, what is it like, truly, to die like this? paper houses..parables..promises.. faith, failure, form... your words and the depths have always amazed my simple mind, and the call... Enough enough enough echoes..... brilliant penning ma'am... but you know how I feel about the things you've shared. |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
thanks Kat ! |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
passing shadows~ thanks so much for the great review  |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Hey Chief~*~* thank you, dear one love you~ xoxoxoxox |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Simply gorgeous, Bel1e. Enjoyed!~Amaryllis |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
If a poem about loneliness, bruises, and hunger, and insects that I know from experience are sometimes real pests, can be effervescent, this one is. The title (and the work, to some extent) reminds me of the motion picture Paper House. Those paper houses made of thoughts can be pretty tough sometimes, hopefully for better, of course. |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Amaryllis ~ thank you for reading ! |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
easy1 WOW. You got ALL that from my mess of words (((Thank You)))I have never seen the movie you referenced...but I am pleased you found so much in this that moves you |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
on Sundays, I am nothing but a cupie doll, a dollup of tallow, bauble of bone, ingrown hair, always more ma'am... always... |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
~thanks, love~*~*~ xoxoxoxox |
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