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An isolated, winding gimbal floats along
The medium between my lips and your ears—
A tidy pouch
That clutches every thingness in a beaker
And distills it to comprehension—bare minimum,
Square root of Singularity,
Strong like a newborn’s headbutt,
As typical as José or Steve, Haruko or Kristin(a).
Ripe, merciless overcoats of crushed purple velvet
Find their way to me
In a bargain-priced thrift store.
They carry faces, names.
Intricate carvings—stones, shells—set in relief on
Technology as old as pants—buttons, Cameos.
Style à la mode.
Cameo is a nice name for a girl.
Annelise Tomoē is what I'll name my daughter,
If I have one.
She already will be and will have been mostly American—
The “new” American—Part French Canadian, Part Mexican,
Part Amer-Indian, Cajun, Japaneezian Asian,
Caucasian (slash) Aryan.
Almost any ’un can make a contribution,
And has, or is about to.
The medium between my lips and your ears—
A tidy pouch
That clutches every thingness in a beaker
And distills it to comprehension—bare minimum,
Square root of Singularity,
Strong like a newborn’s headbutt,
As typical as José or Steve, Haruko or Kristin(a).
Ripe, merciless overcoats of crushed purple velvet
Find their way to me
In a bargain-priced thrift store.
They carry faces, names.
Intricate carvings—stones, shells—set in relief on
Technology as old as pants—buttons, Cameos.
Style à la mode.
Cameo is a nice name for a girl.
Annelise Tomoē is what I'll name my daughter,
If I have one.
She already will be and will have been mostly American—
The “new” American—Part French Canadian, Part Mexican,
Part Amer-Indian, Cajun, Japaneezian Asian,
Caucasian (slash) Aryan.
Almost any ’un can make a contribution,
And has, or is about to.
This is a poem that I hope will be published by my college's creative writing student journal, Inscape. Tell me what you think, whether it makes sense or not, if it touches you, if you think it's just a bunch of random words collected together (because it isn't).
© 2006 - 2024 batousaijin
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I quite liked it although it did seem to go off at tangent mid-way through the second stanza. Hard to say.
It spoke to me as being a poem about how the mind works so maybe the lack of coherence is key to that. Still unsure, but it's a good piece. Goog show, good show
It spoke to me as being a poem about how the mind works so maybe the lack of coherence is key to that. Still unsure, but it's a good piece. Goog show, good show