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Austria

A lightning collision The train wreck born of mountain side A thick black Eden held as a chalice in the far Reservoirs of each moon high star-flung eye Braught to the corners as an incident Of which to rubberneck could capture a soul or More to the point an unopened envelope Spilling out as vivisected loveloss To drop a cold shoulder and sink a battled hip Lay back harsh as punishment and Dream of Austria, thinking only of holding breaths and randez-vous A Dresden path of idolic traverse platform Where flittered cold and godless Rather as Lillith would have persuaded The chill is consuming as a scavenger The stone cold floor as dead as bone and aching Slamming an axe upon a grind and Piece by piece as a jigsaw slipping Hand into hand as monevolence and urge Often thoughts carry to Austria And stumble back as glare and corruption By the rivers of a white beer flowing And a casual breeze of bare flesh Dreaming of Austria and arching the crook of a collar bone Framed completely and wishing to be black-hole consumed Held as a foetus and casually reborn like winter of each year.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 10/17/2009 5:42:00 AM
something dreadful, beautiful, slightly depraved about the above verse ..last line is a killer Braught/brought? Some of the other words which seem mispelled I thought you did on purpose to remind the reader of 2 words? Light & Love
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Date: 8/31/2009 6:02:00 AM
My computer's been impounded... indefinitely. I won't be able to talk very much. Miss you, Ladeez. =[
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Date: 8/24/2009 7:35:00 PM
Magnificent poem, Nathaniel, filled with vivid images of Austria. Those last two lines are brilliant! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 8/24/2009 10:46:00 AM
This is one of my favorite pieces of yours. Your words and imagery are simply and incredibly stunning. I love these lines the most: "star-flung eye" "Spilling out as vivisected loveloss" " a casual breeze of bare flesh". Gorgeous, Bugzy m'dear. =] Daffodillage
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Date: 8/23/2009 4:13:00 PM
Excellent read, Sincerely Moses
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Date: 8/23/2009 9:22:00 AM
Excellent Sunday morning poetry reading Nathaniel. Thank you for sharing your poetry. Love, Carol
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