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Sekt

We half-hearts cling as scaffold Mouths of cellophane statements Morphia inducing as our eyes talc-storm over Seeing nothing in everything Like a tank we collide, by the Edges of a summer vortex pushing as bulimia It is only the intoxication of drink talking However, I am yet to take even one mute glass Empty bottles clutter regardless like rats swan-necked And corner-slipped like zymotic casings Speaking slow theremin thunders Water-washed into neck-delicate walls meeting Vapour hitting equal to bullets or butterflies Equations of minus mixed with minus A downward spiral of blitz-neon roars Sekt and saxophones hitting like opium To a rotten core; and I'm sure you remember If you do then I hate you, and if not you disgust me How I gave your apple back and How my Bohemia is your gate And how my gait is quite unassuming But again, my sweet heart, it is only a larynx painting the air With a true-to-type blue-blooded red-devilled roar.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 8/13/2009 6:27:00 PM
Mmmmm... the ending is absolutely and deliciously potent =] I MISS YOU!! My puter has not been working at all... this is an amazing piece, Ladybug. Hope you're okay =] Love ya, Daffodillage
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Date: 8/10/2009 9:33:00 AM
What a wonderful way to start a new week reading your new poetry Nathaniel.Thank you for sharing it. Love, Carol
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Date: 8/10/2009 5:40:00 AM
Very inviting poetry. Keep writing. Sara
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