Monday, March 14, 2011

Puzzle (A Poem)

Steel suitability
the liberated puzzle piece
neither rectangular, circle or triangle
geometrically wrong

never belonged
harken psalms
sung by you
urgency to collect parts
that of an ardent heart

invited solitaire
direction all points
sourcing new comfort
stones,rooftops

question ... "what bird flies the sky at night?"
one whose vision suffering myopia
allows night winds to hold its wings
guided instinct through shadows

"what bird is this?"
which allow her breast a spread
bruised by endless pain
to bravo many fail fall of flight

disturb flapping of native wings
breaking the timber thunderous sky
estranged madness
rustling a crowded nest
thrust her to flee

its episodic elements
rehearse the final flutter
question again ...
"now what bird flies the sky at night?"
no goat sucker ...
Yes! she is a whippoorwill
banish days; swallowing evenings

no longer conflicted
by the misfit
its awkward view
still climax a flight
far out of sight



© 2011 Lepadah

The Brothers Johnson (Strawberry Letter # 23)

Monday, March 7, 2011

Goodbye Lover (Spoken Word)

The obscure ticking of time
achieved behind bodies
amateurish contortionist

squandered an emotional basin
trounced by another

padding her pocketbook
one gold bracelet, an Afro Samurai dvd
biography of Elaine Brown
and ... that's about it!

looking around
standing bound by
a long sigh
several very deep, deep, deep hmm ...

the drinkable salute
no hard feelings
no regrets
just walk away with goodbye lover

from the melodies moonshine
the tender hands
it's grace; pleasant embrace
to be abandon

there would be no adventures
other than indoors
among themselves
no reservation at Iridium

no dancing at Roseland
Felix Hernandez rhythm review
or twirling within the majestic Cloisters
stitch walls of Unicorn tapestries
neither joviality of spring
or Sakura's debut

she will descend like the wind
from his life
from apartment 1B
sometime around three a.m.
entering a white Sedan

lost without words
deplete with no repeat
there would be no you , no I
no us because we never was

goodbye lover


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