Thursday, September 29, 2022

Asked to Look

 

Take it by closeness the guilds churning a man just ate cotton. The liquid squad such fever the dungeons, a past with straightjackets, a memory of surefire potential—told it was coming, never knew for

certainty, along a path, fires and hearts.

 

Take it by souls, sure raven gravity—those screaming welts the innocence bled unto fury, rage, vengeance—the skies falling, enveloped in terrors, was it ever up there?

 

Stolen mulatto. Asian geisha. Stories sold—

                                                                        lights in bass those on cellos most floating into wilderness.

                        European locks. Jewish heritage. African drums.

                                                                        So disconnected. It finds itself. Much in travesties—the kingdom of humans—it had to go wrong.

 

With pantomime the climb is horrid.

With ventriloquists, lips might not move.

In those feelings, dice, gambling, the sin, so hectic so sweet so much error.

 

The budget is soft—the irony is incredible—so close to illumination—the grave of the excited, the humility of the sage, the laughter of the cages.

 

Yes!

 

it went wrong – it has since its beginnings, losing as we won, hand over fist, drama knitted in traumas—the bronze in the face, the violin meaning much, the cultural slaughter of the tribes; made more problems, more disrespect the past outlined in clouds; violet pride, penalty of the turquoise rose, at anger with a flute, better, a harp—the demon as it comes, free agency, while everything went wrong; begging a question, so much begging, to ask, if the leader is in charge?

 

                                    Haphazard! Does it give meaning?

                                    Chaotic! Does it drag the person out?

                                    Clarity! Is it deceptive?

Strumming a Harp

By language we speak to audibility and coherence. To compose to feel understood, in spite of language applied. A person spends years misunde...