I enjoyed it a lot, Sharon. (I have an aversion to ampersands when
used for no use. Here they seem to be out of character.) (And maybe it
should be 'Asian silk carpet'??) (A full stop after 'obstreperous' and
a capital for the next line.) (Pick, pick, pick ... sorry.)
Andrew
On 18 March 2010 06:59, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 2010 17 March
>
> This room, its comforts, soft
> sheets, firm bed, the white
> noise machine pretending
> to be the sea -- one dog curled
> at your feet, the other twitching
> with her own nightmares
> on her own bed -- ceiling fan
> casting dust & air
> on the silk Asian carpet.
>
> The bed clothes are obstreperous,
> they wrinkle & ball & refuse
> to smooth themselves.
> The *better-than-a-man* pillow
> isn't. You fall, briefly, & walk
> through narrow rainy streets.
> Your cloak billows & clings
> in all the wrong places.
>
> This wrap, these streets,
> this starless rain, all
> a clumsy, incompetent lover
> sucking & blowing
> stalking you into dementia.
> You wake. For a moment
> you know who you are.
> But the rope is cut
> & you drift again.
>
> The shutters permit the moon
> to leak through. Books
> on the shelves whisper,
> pass notes back & forth,
> each adding a cite, a line
> until the final document
> is impossible to decipher.
>
> It makes no sense, even
> the books don't know
> which wrote what word,
> what warning, what
> admonition. The sea still
> waves & washes.
>
> The cat quietly enters,
> sits and watches
> as cats will do, before
> deciding. She will wake you.
> She will bring you back
> to a bright morning
> with clear, sharp boundaries
> & obligations. You will
> remember who you are.
>
>
>
> *************
>
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Andrew
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