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we've built our lives on
ghosts: whispers of truth, shadows
of fact, pixie-dust
dreams daring us to find a
solid foot-hold in the haze.
ghosts: whispers of truth, shadows
of fact, pixie-dust
dreams daring us to find a
solid foot-hold in the haze.
Literature
Postcards
You send me
bits and pieces of your world
in too bright postcard pictures
with no return address
A world of plastic cutout landscapes
garish with artificial perfection
and scribbles of hurried platitudes
I wish you would come home
and stop holding who you are
at arms length
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love poem for a poet
and if you ever complain
of writer's block
I will hold you
your chest pressed to mine
close and warm and quiet
and trace every word
that's been eluding you
onto the blank page
of your back
Literature
synecdoche
my mother's gotten fat off of my promises,
empty calories that just go straight to her
hips.
i made a meal out of truth once, set it down
for both of us to eat. she cleaned
her plate, asked for dessert-
threw it up later that night, said she forgot
how thin these walls are,
took the liberty of damning me to hell before
slamming the door.
god says to stop feeding her bullshit
from a silver spoon, tells me
you're so full of shit, your eyes are brown
every time i try to explain.
he tells me to leave so i go home
and pick my prayers from the pile under
the shredder-
get some elmer's clue and hope to hell
it works.
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I really like this form - it's not one I could write but you make it look easy! The line-breaks still work, the imagery is gorgeous - I especially love the use of "pixie-dust", it is a phrase that is far too under-used!
The only critique I have is the title - I get how it fits with the theme but the imagery isn't as unusual as those you show in the poem itself where the allusions you make are so creative and imaginative. Overall though this is incredible work
(plus your description really adds to this piece
)
The only critique I have is the title - I get how it fits with the theme but the imagery isn't as unusual as those you show in the poem itself where the allusions you make are so creative and imaginative. Overall though this is incredible work
(plus your description really adds to this piece
)