Monday, February 20, 2017

Merely A Teen

It gets that way, that feeling deadly, that deep attraction; to know her name, to perish that life, as musing a contour; to stream Jesus, as blessing her soul, to velvet conversation. It became his mind, stressed by shores, disgraced by islands; to mingle Greece, with pure Belize, pedal to concrete. I’m alive a notch, peering golden eyes, those tides his mirrors; as abused that life, floored to rugs, to stare that mood-swing—addicted to graves, to transform wisdom, a star by grandeur; this cold effect, that inner Bathsheba, too far my leap—as gone his reach, as gone those tears, this fabulous vixen; to gaze a city, looking for beauty, this manic as a menace. I’m hiding souls, this crowded room, floating through media screens—while screaming in silence, this vexing name, ashamed of this passion; where dogs bark, as cats meow, that rare to see us both—as partying fools, afloat through traffic, to force his hand. I wanted more, to side a different woman, as one that made love; where another sparked, to see her soul, a table of pills. I lost appeal, to win appeal, this woman through virtues; that deep secret, to know a version, while secure those facts—this evil mystery, to see her face, beaming intoxicants. It’s more a dream, to know that death, to yearn that womanly; as seen her soul, a line to brains, as wild as Canaanites—forever a scream, as sore as love, an ice-cube that space. I market more, this intense fire, fifty through a gutter-lane—as peering at love, laughter resounding mirrors, smoke seeping into fabric; this life as lived, to sober his mind, at ninety to swerve a freeway: this bold hostage, as acclaimed himself, pinning to carpet those dreams; to die a savage, as born a priest—this incarnation; while hearts bury, this furious fountain, aloof but more to love. I saw her, of a different league, as more I tried; to catch her in traffic, blaring Jackson, a coquettish laugh. I called a voice, tipsy at liquor, as bold as magicians—to cry her heart, to comment beauty, to live it in a soul-beat. Oh for days, as crazed as men, surfing by chance those legacies: our purest of beauties, to laugh our efforts, to give in through jest.  (It gets that way!)       

Strumming a Harp

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