You sit
Here and invest in the part of you
That has no beginning.
Eyes fixed on the wooden
Fireflies.
A deserted city for a headband.
Shoulders like Heisenberg's uncertainty
Principle.
The to-do list of dusk in the air.
Which you have always taken seriously.
And a tattoo
Of wings put on the bottom of the feet.
The
Void for what it is, the thread count of
Existence.
You think,
Did the universe inflate, superfluous
Of compass, all in one go of it?
Behind you the sky,
Not knowing how many
Keys make an accordion,
Shoulders the long way
Home.
This is clear.
As it is uneven, and croaked like meaning.
Like a portrait.
What the words have to do with this,
Is an emergency.
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I love the phrase, “the thread count of existence.” The ending, too, is brilliant. Well done.
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I’m glad you liked it. Thank you. Have a good rest of the day!
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You, too!
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so much in this one; the killer one for me is ‘shoulders like Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle’: still getting my head wrapped around that one. Bob but there are other gems too, like tatts on one’s feet: it’s a wild ride in your poems, Bob, but hey! I’m hanging on for the fun and fizz 🙂
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Thanks John. I’m very glad you like them. And I always appreciate your wonderful comments! Thank you.
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I am so amazed by the unity in the poem among all these abstract and enthralling images. It feels like one idea supported by many ideas that I haven’t always understood but am still awed by. There’s a famous haiku by Basho which is something like:.
The frog floats on water
By the power of clinging
To nothing at all.
That describes my brain when reading this poem. A wonderful sensation of floating like a frog who clings to nothing safely.
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Thank you so much! What a wonderful of you to say I’m glad you liked it. And I really appreciate the comment. And thank you for including that haiku by Basho, I wasn’t familiar with that one.
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A delightful description 💕
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I do enjoy your turns of phrase 💕 “The to-do list of dusk in the air.” So unexpected.
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Thank you. I’m glad you liked it.
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