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Slips the Blue Satine


“Slips the Blue Satine”



Desire bites 
a sonnet ripped 
where the voice projects
through glossy cherry bit lips
down a telephone line
wrapped around long legs

speaking soft words
welcoming you in like a quilled whip

Freedom bites
a too serious sonnet smiles
then progresses to apply
velveteen kisses where the lips 
tie a loose noose of words like pearls
around the sound conduit 

curbing the mind 
whispering to soft curves, 

a roadmap
written across body
eyelids, flushed naked cheeks
neck down to hips
where the key turns
poetry speaks 

blood drawn 
the heart has teeth
Gaga’s gone 
all evolutionary 
too much of too much 
she denudes the blue Satine easily

divesting all hopelessness of
the hounds barking
their haranguing hangdog habits
superlatives exaggerated
hyperbolical expressions of praise
blessed again in the wasted chronicles of time

her hand’s firmly fixed
around the gear stick

stilettos accelerate sharp
instructions from the driver’s seat
switching gears up
behind the fortune wheel
treasure sits 
“pull your head back in”, she says

“the Lotus Eaters 
at Loon Junction
are on the prowl, 
they’ll tear you to bits”.
"humour me," he says, 
"let me off my leash".

(LadyLabyrinth/2021)





“Small Town Witch”/ Sneaker Pimps
https://youtu.be/M6zh5rAlZ18













https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velveteen_Rabbit

Sonnet 106.

The Dilettante Diaries: "Goin' Gangsta on the Road to The Lotus Eaters at Loon Junction" -  
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_dilettante_diaries_goin_gangsta_on_the_road_to_the_lotus_eaters_at_loon_junction_1059240


LYRICS/"Small Town Witch", Sneaker Pimps
https://genius.com/Sneaker-pimps-small-town-witch-lyrics

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Date: 6/9/2021 8:10:00 AM
Wow...imagery fashion...Love the style...Congratulations Lady Labyrinth on POTD.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 6/9/2021 4:38:00 PM
Merci Bar Coop (from the chicken coup), Monsieur. x
Date: 6/6/2021 2:41:00 PM
Congratulations on a well deserved POTD award. Yet another truly wonderful free verse from your golden pen.. Definitely a fav... God bless...
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Robert Lindley
Date: 6/7/2021 10:30:00 AM
The Lotus Eaters cried foul- world is full of cheaters That only circuses of free-ranging freedom can relieve Draw ever closer to fireplace or your modern heaters Else in this terrible world your own blindness shall deceive. Yes, sometimes verses just demand to be inked... n'est-ce pas?
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 6/6/2021 3:16:00 PM
Thank you Monsieur Lindley.
Date: 6/6/2021 10:55:00 AM
Lady Labyrinth. beautiful and congratulations on receiving POEM OF THE DAY enjoy the honor, love _Constance
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 6/6/2021 2:37:00 PM
Merci Madama La France.
Date: 6/6/2021 9:26:00 AM
An inviting piece where all the directions lead home...a fitting piece to showcase your talents Modesty... brava
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 6/6/2021 2:38:00 PM
Danke schön V.S.A.S.
Date: 6/6/2021 8:54:00 AM
Congratulations on your potd win. A creative story/write. Love your line, "poetry speaks" and it does. Have a blessed day/week.......................
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 6/6/2021 2:39:00 PM
Indeed Contessa Goldsmith. Thank you.
Date: 6/6/2021 4:26:00 AM
Congratulations on potd! Enjoy the honour!
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 6/6/2021 2:39:00 PM
Thank you Rama.
Date: 6/5/2021 7:15:00 PM
Language is a Virus.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 6/5/2021 7:19:00 PM
https://youtu.be/h2B406WiyKQ
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 6/5/2021 7:16:00 PM
LYRICS/ https://genius.com/Laurie-anderson-language-is-a-virus-lyrics
Date: 6/5/2021 6:25:00 PM
You make the poetry speak as the blue satine is dropped to the floor. A very sensual and wonderful poem Leanne! A definite fave
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 6/5/2021 7:15:00 PM
language is a virus...sings Laurie Anderson. Thanks Swartzmeister.
Date: 6/5/2021 1:53:00 PM
Licking Life's Luscious Lips.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 6/5/2021 1:53:00 PM
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/licking_lifes_luscious_lips_1288730

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