Tuesday, January 9, 2024

LIMITED

limited
in a room, in skin
this waist band
what i know
won’t hurt
we walk the rain woods i ask 
what mythic creature
might visit you here
“ a hot sprite
who disappears when i touch her”
ok sure
i’m trying to rattle my own heart
that’s all
give it a good scare
slap myself jokeless  
singe on these radiators 
break the ice 
break the ice
steaming bowl of greens and rice
plum vinegar, sesame 
coffee in my little room
dark night
not a time or place 
syrup and learning
and learning
and learning
and morning 
words like learning 
and morning
don’t want the amber or the heather 
barely want the honey wax
a little off kilter
chasing wobble 
chasing rupture
locked
and limited



5 comments:

  1. ok sure! slap myself jokeless!

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  2. words like learning
    and morning

    I love this and immediately started thinking about the words that are like learning and morning, then the whole poem turned into a prayer of yearning and mourning.

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  4. and learning
    and learning
    and morning

    <3<3<3<3<3

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