Jul 19, 2007

Better or Verse - "Late-Nite Trinity Marshmallow Roast"



I.

night's gone syrupy
could get sleepy
could get antsy

moon is jellified
could be napalm
could be candy

shadows and
bare skin
on which
mosquitoes are alighting

something soft,
scratched hard enough
just invites
deeper biting
II.

all orbits shift
a hip switch
neuron twitch
a collision
perfectly
perpetually
missed

with the coordinates
of planets, or of
dragonflies
there's a certain
natural
fallingfast
a built-in
alphabetization
words unspoken,
the tune hums you
(we laugh at
memorization)
III.

it manifests subtle,
something like
an unshoveable nudge
(hurricane-causing flutter)
unpoppable bubbles

it buries itself inside
the earth
from which
it is borne

you could call it
a propensity
it carries
a humid dampness,
a dark richness,
(sweet inevitable)
a certain...
density

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1 Comments:

Blogger Jo said...

Bwaaahaaahaaa! I have your sister hostage and if you want her back, you will have to pay me!

7/26/2007 10:21 AM  

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