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Abandonment is a Carpet Bag
A dusty antique;
faded 30's fabric
Paisley
My grandmother's
new flaunt; my mother's
hand-me-down
My inheritance
It'd seen the dust bowl
of depression; Women's Liberation
Blacks get the vote
Made Love not War
( which is why I'm here )
Bone breaking crush
of Experience stuffing
its weighty contents
Cornered in a dark trunk
camouflaged, misfit of Truth
until the tectonic shift
Catapulted it threadbare
into the sun, skeletal shards
puncturing the pattern
It was a stowaway
of granular debris;
unbathed stench
When I buried it today
I asked the Universe
what took so long
Why withhold the Source;
I'd gagged half my Life
catching occasional whiffs
False prophets
preaching Love
Nodding while paying respects
It looked back and said,
'You never Trusted enough'
~
faded 30's fabric
Paisley
My grandmother's
new flaunt; my mother's
hand-me-down
My inheritance
It'd seen the dust bowl
of depression; Women's Liberation
Blacks get the vote
Made Love not War
( which is why I'm here )
Bone breaking crush
of Experience stuffing
its weighty contents
Cornered in a dark trunk
camouflaged, misfit of Truth
until the tectonic shift
Catapulted it threadbare
into the sun, skeletal shards
puncturing the pattern
It was a stowaway
of granular debris;
unbathed stench
When I buried it today
I asked the Universe
what took so long
Why withhold the Source;
I'd gagged half my Life
catching occasional whiffs
False prophets
preaching Love
Nodding while paying respects
It looked back and said,
'You never Trusted enough'
~
Published 29th Jun 2017
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29th Jun 2017 9:34am
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29th Jun 2017 10:35am
Subtle, emphasizing, paying respect, the ways of the poet, the artist.
flow. expression. excelled.
flow. expression. excelled.
Anonymous
29th Jun 2017 11:54am
A variant of the typical skeleton in the closet. Color me EXTREMELY intrigued.
29th Jun 2017 1:43pm
29th Jun 2017 2:52pm
29th Jun 2017 4:45pm
there's a suitcase in our attic
it's always been there
don't know what's in it
it's locked
some things just are ..
it's always been there
don't know what's in it
it's locked
some things just are ..
30th Jun 2017 2:36pm
I so want to believe that the burial and return is true, but I am in two minds about this obvious piece of history - such an excellent poem I found myself impressed with the history and feeling sorry for the bag :-)
as usual impressive stuff :-)
as usual impressive stuff :-)
2nd Jul 2017 2:08am
3rd Jul 2017 00:27am
loved the delivery...sharp n short. conveying the message lucidly n yes, hitting enough! I always believed that a poet is not made of a particular style or vice versa. whenever that intense thing needs to breath n bubble out...it knows its course, the best course that its creator would subconsciously do. pure poetics in each power-packed word. loving this n love to you xx
8th Jul 2017 10:35pm
28th Dec 2018 3:12am
