The Flipside


"The Flipside" 

We write 
our hearts out

we pull 
the catch back in

slowly, 
they read,

we think, 
too fast

swallowed 
in the hollowed out

hallowed hearts measured 
ounce per ounce

we write 
our hearts out

stamping footprints
obstinance turning 

ourselves
inside, out

stone washing
ourselves 

inside 
out 

written on
lines

wrung out,
expelled 

pegged left
hanging

right
left
without

missives, 
no doubt

on the flip side
of eternity

gravity 
grounds us

toes
touch the ground 

neck and face
upwards 

downwards,

still life
breathing

eyes watching, 
reading, waiting

the mystery
we believe,

or, we sit still 
debating

the earthly 
volume 

a boulder 
pulley drawn

backwards 
forwards
backwards

in quarters
we are quartered

like poetry
we are, 

washed 
in clouds

inside
out,

we are
on the 

flipside ;

waiting

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023



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Date: 7/21/2023 12:34:00 PM
""We poets are a deep quagmire that bleeds. And we relish the sight of palish red. We sit on up to scatter our simple seeds. We are often buried tho' not dead."" "Compulsion to write. Wound up tho' not tight. It turns on the light. Tis good as it might? " Your poem a definite fav. God bless.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/22/2023 3:08:00 PM
Thank you.
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Robert Lindley
Date: 7/22/2023 7:52:00 AM
TIS PURE POETRY MY FRIEND.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/21/2023 1:27:00 PM
...more like mosquitoes, (or is that the Poetry?). Warm regards, Love-all.
Date: 7/21/2023 6:53:00 AM
"Israel"/Siouxie and the Banshees
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/21/2023 7:07:00 AM
love the lyrics...
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/21/2023 6:54:00 AM
LYRICS/"Israel", Siouxie and the Banshees https://genius.com/Siouxsie-and-the-banshees-israel-lyrics
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/21/2023 6:54:00 AM
https://youtu.be/Rf9uXPBqGhw
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