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Belinda
The library is an obsolete skeleton.
All gothic portraits and haunted
quilts. I say to the librarian
in her tight skirt, No, not romance,
not that pain. I’ve been smoking
a whole pack of cloves in a night.
Crying in the planetarium where
we traverse that black, beautiful
emptiness. How the word home
tastes like the red glow of VACANCY.
I’ll paint my mouth thin as a music
box dancer’s. Rename the constellations,
all the poisons while my yellow dress
slides to my feet. You wouldn’t believe
the sound it makes. 2:01 a.m. and
the pills with their names like planets,
a cat named after Paxil. The Luvox
blooming beneath my skin like love.
Their eyes on me like tongues.
All gothic portraits and haunted
quilts. I say to the librarian
in her tight skirt, No, not romance,
not that pain. I’ve been smoking
a whole pack of cloves in a night.
Crying in the planetarium where
we traverse that black, beautiful
emptiness. How the word home
tastes like the red glow of VACANCY.
I’ll paint my mouth thin as a music
box dancer’s. Rename the constellations,
all the poisons while my yellow dress
slides to my feet. You wouldn’t believe
the sound it makes. 2:01 a.m. and
the pills with their names like planets,
a cat named after Paxil. The Luvox
blooming beneath my skin like love.
Their eyes on me like tongues.
Published 28th Dec 2014
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Anonymous
28th Dec 2014 9:30am
I’ll paint my mouth thin as a music
box dancer’s. Love this description, beautiful haunting ink sweet lady
box dancer’s. Love this description, beautiful haunting ink sweet lady
28th Dec 2014 11:25am
"How the word home
tastes like the red glow of VACANCY."
I love sensory blending (there is probably an official poetry term used to describe this...) the abstract yet poignant capture of those intangible [i]feelings[/i], for lack of better word, expressed so well.
Amazing Toni.
tastes like the red glow of VACANCY."
I love sensory blending (there is probably an official poetry term used to describe this...) the abstract yet poignant capture of those intangible [i]feelings[/i], for lack of better word, expressed so well.
Amazing Toni.
28th Dec 2014 5:07pm
Hopefully the obsolescence in the first three lines can be preserved. The portraits and quilts can be a source of comfort. And you've kept some sense of humor, applying the names of pharmaceuticals to a cat and other passersby. Belinda can be playful.
Anonymous
28th Dec 2014 9:25pm
this is stunning. completely.
