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Open Poetry #4

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mirjam
Member

since 1999-11-24

Posts 246
Auckland, New Zealand

0 posted 1999-11-27 07:59 PM

They hang from your mouth
like droplets of saliva -
grotesque, compelling.
I am drawn to the words,
wipe them dripping from your chin.

(shove them back in again)

And in the silence I watch you
heavy with the weight of
wordlessness
draw a picture instead.
It's charcoal's call me
to smudge your sky until it fits
your
you
more comfortably.

You shake your head
"it's all wrong" (though you smile)
and i rub it out
erase
you
(and i).

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

1 posted 1999-11-27 08:06 PM

My dear friend - welcome! And what an entry sunshine. This is raw and delicate and beautiful. Modern Contemporary at its best!!!

Luv ya. K

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