A Family Dust

A thirsty town fails, harvesting the moon,
and turns into a vast lake of tears.
They were fighting for their right to remain
poor and hungry. It was a fractured
amnesia in the pit of flesh.

Was it a pink rose ? No one had planted
a kiss on the lips of a thorn. An unbuttoned
triangle snaps the cold and opens the thighs
of a tulip valley. Drop by drop honeydew
dances into a hairy lap.

The shooting stars go into trance, multiply
the intimate minutes and indulge in
sprouting the horns. The longest night feels
betrayed and beseeches foremothers to
conceive again.



 
Satish Verma
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Sinatra Avatar
January 9, 2010 at 9:59 PM
Wonderful sexual imagery here. "Thighs of a tulip valley"...Very nice string of words.
Brown Avatar
December 29, 2009 at 10:08 AM
I thank you for writing and sharing your poetry with us here at PoetrySoup Satish. I offer you warm greeting for the New Year with best wishes to you on your writing endeavors in 2010 whatever they may be. Love, Carol
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December 28, 2009 at 12:44 PM
I am getting so much from this. I am crying. You were a silver rose- the color of your beloved moon. Do I see your feminine side?:) Only the best wishes, Sara
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