Jeez James,
You got a book of poetry available for purchase? You're damn good
man...but I'm sure I must have told you this before...
CW, Mary :O)
--- James Bell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This poem is not the product of a current war but inevitably has echoes.
> It
> was written about an early atrocity in Kosovo before the genocide really
> took off. Its also taken time to become public. C&C is very welcome.
>
> A SLOW DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF NO TIME
>
> Dance is a desire to initate how celestial bodies move,
> the first clock,
> one without mechanical movement,
> one who asked us to trust in
> labyrinths and the rhythmns of its movements
> that, in the nature of time, do not stand still.
>
> On this deep wheel rutted hill road
> above Racak two women walk,
> one consoling the other, who weeps.
>
> Time has stoned the clock -
> shot it through with bullets -
> the slow walk is a dance to the sins of the world,
> peaceful movements that portray sadness.
>
> Their rhythm of life has stopped, celestial bodies
> themselves traitors, liars
> now and since creation became fulfilled
> so some could take life instead of make it -
> a slow dance with heavy music and limited movement -
> a slow dance to the music of no time.
>
> bw
> James
>
>
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Good Cheer & Be Well,
Maryann Hazen-Stearns
"Under The Limbo Stick"
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