Why I Am Not A Painter
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a pile of mostly raw and probably bad poetry
on the internet
in the hopes of creating something better
This blog is not CLEAN and is not meant to be.
Useful critique appreciated, i.e. specific comments and suggestions.
You need not identify yourself unless you want to;
comments will be judged on value, not the source. (Although knowing the source can be useful.)
Unsupported heckling OR praise are not appreciated.
Also, I vaguely apologize if you're my friend and you see yourself or others we know here.
I am aware that that can be unsettling
but that's the risk you run being friends with a writer. Also,
maybe you're just being paranoid. Also,
there is never a clear picture of reality
I wish I were sane
enough
to explain feelings;
sexy enough
to hold you
with my eyes;
strong
enough
to keep
from crying. I wish
I never made wishes:
wishes are for us
who don't try.
Breathing feels sometimes
like climbing
into high spaces
where the air is
thin and deficient,
breathing without moving
can be more than
marathon running. I wish
I were sick enough
to be weak, strong
enough to be enough
for you. But here
are the tears I've
collected, and
I'm sorry they are
not particularly
articulate.
poem for blah blah head stuff no time to finish thinking
afraid. Of that girl, from Canada (Oh
geography! It's not enough to say
this place is far - no place is far,
all places are inside your heart) but
it's not that. It's the seed which lives
inside of me, the stems which sprout
and root into my toes, who
am I? Am I growing into a spot
where you are building rollercoasters?
cords
Listen to the sound of my voice. It has
that cadence, that sound which is
feminine - not small - commanding like
hot breath on your ear, you feel
the rising and falling of
my voice, it almost sings while
speaking calmly. Here it is, the way
breath feels in and out of
your body, that's a focal point.
Pizzicato playing on your
most sore muscles, the ones which want
a strong certain voice, breath
vibrating across these folds.
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