Poems to a Stranger I.
When I let poetry go I never realized how hard it'd be to summon it back. Now I want to write about you Frame you with objectivity A cut-out figure I can snip and paste with a tongue-flick tongue's-lick into lines and angles Pry your hooded eyes open so you see me. Not blurred, not in flesh. this insidious rust over my pen skin eyesâ Do you know of the time I cried hurting, fretting, shredding not knowing why? Fool women, will we learn not to veil our words our needs Will we learn not to trust you to see through or want to see through? Now, stranger, when I hear of roses, I still withdraw dazed to lick my wounds. Could you figure out why? I couldn't. II. The name of two syllables, yours, that I had made my own my nature-cry native in my mouth as intimacy howls at its dereliction - they call you by another name parch-dry as I rub it between my fingers roll it, taste it, spit it out It's no longer strange to talk of you with strangers You're a stranger too. -- http://insmallpieces.blogspot.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥««¤»¥«¤»§«¤» Did you get this mail as a forward? Subscribe by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ Members are encourage to post poetry, their own and others', respond critically to the poems circulated, and participate in discussions. Post via email at [email protected] OR online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ ==theZESTcommunity====================================== [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
