Short Nacre Poems

I asked for ur heart ~ u held out an empty nacre ~ declaring the pearl has been lost...

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hermit's shell
feeling way too tight of fit
had to go
off it slipped
as naked crab stole a conch
clad in nacre pearl
...

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Everynight you 
come turning us into shades 
of shades; love-making 
silhouettes of nacre dark. 
And so then, we ourselves at 
last become the becoming....

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Listen to poem:

shell
spiral
coiled so well
to symmetry,
perfect in design,
nautilus sailor shell

what sounds lie within those
opera chamber
halls, decked in pearl
shell nacre,
shiny
glitz....

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Nearly everyday, the 
     nascency of new lives 
         never fails to inspire;
Nature's numinous blush 
     narrates an old story -
Nightingale or nacre, 
     noble designs of God.


05/01/2017
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layers of nacre to protect
 grain of sand irritating itchy
iridescent gem formed
poor mollusk oyster killed
rich women pearl adorned neck
awaiting rope hidden crimes
in the wild round and 
smooth calcareous 
concretions...

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She snaps like a brine tendon,
spilling embryo chords across the basalt shelf.
Tongues of nacre split her sides,
each vertebra strung with gravid silence.

Kelp-blind, she threads the continental rift,
her fingernails seeded with unfinished continents.
Magma foams in the pouch of her pelvis,
grinding up vowels like crushed coral....

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Leave all else behind
And bring only pockets to fill
Sandals to kick off at will
And a very open mind

Collect shells and rocks
The holey ones and sacred
And pearly bits of nacre
While you collect your thoughts

Lastly, leave no trace
No sign, no mark, no clue
But let it leave its mark on you
In the sun, salt, and smile on your face....

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