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Pulse
I bob with the water down
through the woods
and endless structures;
white crests
hook my jaw as snakes
move up my arms and legs,
tongues feather my chest.
I'm filtered
through newly unfurled gills
of a primordial shark
as it regurgitates shards of glass.
God's vagina clenches behind me.
There is no anatomy; no design.
Only the primeval darkness
turning within itself, grinning
at a star.
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19th Oct 2012 12:07pm
are bloody beautiful, and i mean that in both ways. i totally get the image of almost a blob of creature undulating, "turning within itself" with a secret smile for its existence in the whole "We are stardust" idea. i probably can't explain it, as my eloquence has evaporated. all i mean is, that made the whole poem for me on first read because i hadn't got the hang of this strange birthing description... but on the third maybe, it became clear. complex and creative. you are rocking this skill set, Mr. A.
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19th Oct 2012 12:16pm
Overly kind, Jesta.
Was worried if it would work or not. Just because it registers on my train of thought, it'd lose most I think.
Great to see how you read. :)
Again, much thanks.
Was worried if it would work or not. Just because it registers on my train of thought, it'd lose most I think.
Great to see how you read. :)
Again, much thanks.
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19th Oct 2012 1:44pm
'..worried if it would work..'? surely you joke...
m y
e'loquence
al'so
eeeeeeee'vaporated:
~ a humdinger here, mrAlp ~
m y
e'loquence
al'so
eeeeeeee'vaporated:
~ a humdinger here, mrAlp ~
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19th Oct 2012 8:23pm
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19th Oct 2012 3:07pm
Pure philosophy. Certainly we should petition for that category, or dismissal of them all.
Or is it theological?.or where they meet. So many creation myths have this dark sludge. The shark with glass imagery works quite well I think, can taste blood. First I thought gods vagina was a bit stark and unpoetic sounding, but actually seems to me quite clinical and blunt enough to work for what might boil down to the most base image. I agree the last four lines are great. Sounds like something a chaos magician might say while ejaculating onto a drawing of symbols...ha, quite enjoyed mr.a
Or is it theological?.or where they meet. So many creation myths have this dark sludge. The shark with glass imagery works quite well I think, can taste blood. First I thought gods vagina was a bit stark and unpoetic sounding, but actually seems to me quite clinical and blunt enough to work for what might boil down to the most base image. I agree the last four lines are great. Sounds like something a chaos magician might say while ejaculating onto a drawing of symbols...ha, quite enjoyed mr.a
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19th Oct 2012 8:31pm
Philosophy or abstract would be good. Personally I don't bother too much with worrying about the categories these days. Maybe one day I'll stick them all in erotic just to annoy the over-sized percentage that just come here to read that piss.
Well you got some unintended images, haha. Thanks for having a go, lb.
Well you got some unintended images, haha. Thanks for having a go, lb.
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Anonymous
21st Oct 2012 4:09am
The last four lines are the best. They're pure poetry, betraying the soul of a dark artist. This poem read like it was about Noah, pondering God and life and everything as he travels inside the whale's stomach. Spiritual and chilling. Thanks for the read.
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21st Oct 2012 3:53pm
Bit worried the rest of the poem is outshon by the last lines, but I suppose those lines wouldn't appear that way if the rest of the poem was different.
Thanks for the kind words, Jack.
Thanks for the kind words, Jack.
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21st Oct 2012 12:28pm
this brings indescribable imageries in picture perfect. I wonder your selection of words that brings the effect of this magnitude.. endless structures, no anatomy , n a gr8 last four liners!
thank you fr sharing this wonderful piece, Mr A.
Uma.
thank you fr sharing this wonderful piece, Mr A.
Uma.
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21st Oct 2012 3:54pm
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Anonymous
24th Oct 2012 4:30am
i think that the weight of the first part and last four lines is nicely balanced by that gap between them. love the imagery and the line breaks, and, to be unoriginal, the last four lines are genius.
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24th Oct 2012 7:03am
No, not the g word. I'm getting to old; you should claim it.
Thanks for overly kind comment, aglitch.
Thanks for overly kind comment, aglitch.
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26th Oct 2012 00:39am
at a first reading i couldn't make out much of what was going on. somehow it all made sense on the inside. I love this poem for its originality in character and for its fluency in thought.
god.those.last.four.lines.bliss.
god.those.last.four.lines.bliss.
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26th Oct 2012 11:12am