Sunday 11 September 2016

Poem

I watch my cellphone flash
With a frantic call -- goes out -- back
Again. I have left the last letter, his
Last postcard in the dustbin of
Desire among sweepings and
Dead cats of memory. Till the next.
I wait patiently for the passing of
This fantastic invasion, when all I'd done was to
Spill by chance some ink on his chest that
Cannot be washed away.
I have chosen a snowy dress, I have
Brightened my teeth. The
Heart -- that is harder to groom
But the better part of it, my writing, is
White.

8 comments:

  1. What an emotive emotive - i particulary love the image of the ink spilt on his chest...very powerful..

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  2. A snowy dress and white writing. This is particularly chilling
    Happy Sunday

    Much love...

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  3. the splashed ink weaves such images :)

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  4. love this play of ink and white....

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  5. So much of love is waiting... and preparing... words of white, a wedding maybe...

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  6. Beautifully vivid and emotive write ❤

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  7. This is a really intriguing poem, with some arresting word choices.....I love the originality of "the dustbin of desire among......dead cats of memory." Wow!

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