Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Homesick

For David.

So.
it comes down to this:
____dirt
that isn’t mine
and these
words I’ll never
____________say
’cause they’re
carved in the back of my neck.

lack

is without
definition
so save your breath, _____________Friend
your brooding hills won’t summon
back
what I have _______thrown to the wind

I’d rather be
_____________________lost
among distant baobabs

(displacement is easier to stomach)

than found
in the close of your arms.

3 Comments:

At 7:47 AM, Blogger JnR said...

i love the line: 'the words i'll never say...carved in the back of my neck'...i can see it; its gruesome but ever so poignant.

muah!

ps. see you sat night

 
At 6:22 PM, Blogger shine.is.dead said...

the words I'll never say are carved in the back of my neck.

(you know it)

 
At 6:54 PM, Blogger valerie salerie said...

i notice that one of the paintings in our house is gone since Thurs.. a good thing (finally)

 

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