Sunday, May 10, 2009

SIX WORD DITTIES WRITTEN ON MOTHER'S DAY

Speech delivered words 
no one heard


I died and 
went to 
Kalamazoo


Plaintive birdsong
evokes feeling
long denied


Searching for 
what cannot be 
denied


O I wish 
that wasn't so!


Regret for the symphony not played


The soul stranded 
on Highway 31 


Lost book--the one 
that mattered


It was pop song love, dear


A necklace of candy!  
Sweet revenge 


Facebook wall & cafeteria ghoulash!  Splendid!






Untitled Narrative

She cut herself and 
we all noticed

The rivers of blood 
terrified us

There was no 
flood, only damage

Alone 
at night 
we wondered, 
"Why?"

There were no
answers, only questions.

Doubt
lurking in 
corridors, lacking courage

Could it 
spread?  We 
were blind.

Later 
we all cut 
in private

Rivulets of 
life, fear 
trickling through

Skin was 
a numb threshold, 
see?

All rivers 
don't seek the sea

It's dread, really, 
that joins us

Alone, but 
in unison, seeking 
what?

Later
we realized, shit, this 
hurts


  




 




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