Friday, July 31, 2020

The Rhythm is a Dying Storm

we have never hugged 

a mast like we do tonight 


we can plot the points all night 

correlate, correlate 

pause and punctuate 


your breath has become a unstringed harp 

what is it there for 

it is just an empty curve 

a fallen bow 


addressing a regression 

toward the mean, I tap out


a stanza about a stiff mouth 

that exhales its blue-eyed flies, you turn 

the television up 


volume is the mood, the pace 

of twenty five years 

rolls in a slow wake 


which of us 

will dare to invite a loom 

to visit our dream and spin 


for us

a sail 


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Weekly Scribblings #30: Writing as a Metaphor for Living


3 comments:

  1. ...the pace of twenty-five years (I've been married 30!) and I wish a gently-filled sail is spun... it's never too late :)

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  2. Love the imagery in this piece. I say, keep spinning.

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