take flight
in linen and lace.
things will mesh
if you want them to.
just throw yourself
up against it and
maneuver dainty
fingers over tiny buttons,
really,
sometimes you deserve
a good lashing.
Monday, June 6, 2011
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Reach for the clouds. . .
Tickle your toes. . .
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two squinting painted eyes looking solemn on a leathery face. this knight of the golden age has a 20 gallon bucket of a hat atop his slicked...
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to have sticky pins for fingertips and ballpoint pens for thumbs. then I could fascinate myself to you, and write away doldrums.
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In my dreams I am the fictional version of myself. The one I seek to be in my short-stories and prose. The one who gets her point across but...
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our silence comes easy and there is much to it the commingling of our fingers and the swapping of palm oils and the nimble saltation of ...
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July 9th i feel like running again. it's either that or swimming in a valley of tears. July 10th you couldn't tell by looking at us,...
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Out the window, I thought I saw Emily pale, gawking. a green T-shirt. bouncing firey springs on her head.
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July 7th the face of a rose deflates our windowsill- not much of a garden. July 8th after the party- a painting is crooked I think someone d...
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Tickling toes- there was something about that barefooted madness something about that wistful waist-high wishing and wooshing in the woods, ...
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Dear, Run. Arrows in your belly and ribs and rear you were once wounded, dear. Limping, Heartsick, Struggling to catch up green from my succ...
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stuck-wallpaper, tickled, matted-madness, in the morning before matinee wallflowers at school dances just want to be asked. ask them. they...
stunning,
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keep shining.
Gentle with an ending that playfully hits one and makes one grin. :)
ReplyDeleteA hint of mischief, makes me wonder who is is about. Enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteYou have such a unique style, I am really intrigued by your view on the world
ReplyDeletethanks!!
ReplyDeleteSometimes that slap is the soundest connection made! I've needed it. I've given it. Neither end all that easy. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteyour imagery jumps out...skill
ReplyDelete:D thanks!!
ReplyDeleteI loved that I didn't "get" this but it was so fun to read. Embrace the mystery!
ReplyDeletegood writing, as always! - mosk
this is lovely, Amy! I too noticed the hint of mischief, and I adore the final two lines. :)
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