Scotch
tape, pressed to fingerprint
covet
every inch of dust
the
skin didn’t know was ever
even
there
Easels
doused in the afterthought, of
sprinkled
reflections that
mindset’s
purge, out upon
so
many wasted canvasses,
producing
a diary the flesh
would
just as soon ignore
They
say a good fire will cleanse virtually anything
they
say that a can of jolt cola can strip the metal from a coin
In thirty seconds flat
And
I think
what
then could it do
to
a heart made of steel—
lifelessly
cold and listlessly hardened
Masking
tape, generously applied,
tries
to conceal, yet in time, all beneath,
will
in some form be revealed
The
ink on the eleven by eight point five is not yet dry
before
you’ve decided it’s phrase means nothing anymore
the
vowels have all grown askew
into
consonants, hard r’s, k’s and q’s
vocabulary
you’ve always known
yet
still dismissed, until
that
red line draped across your page
As
it’s always has—but now
You
see a line of music
and
have no idea how to play
the
chords so prominently on display—and you can’t
decipher,
the damage that could be done,
if
anyone but yourself
stood
but feet from the point
where
this fire first began…
They
say duct tape has a millions uses or more
yet
sealing leaks and retaining form, I assume, will the one’s most remembered for
nice....the jolt cola and the steel heart stanza ia wicked cool man...and the duct take at the end...along with some cleansing fire...will it do any good...might hold it together just a little bit longer...smiles...
ReplyDeleteWonderful how you use the different types of tape to built the intensity of your conceit. The steel heart and the ways to strip, cleanse, or cobble give me a lot to ruminate on. I particularly loved 'vowels grown askew into consonants' and the concept of the 'line of music you have no idea how to play'. It seems like many of our artistic revelations come in odd forms or in shapes that don't immediately reveal their usefulness. Anyway, I admire your work and appreciate the laugh you provided at my site today, always nice to lighten the atmosphere when I get a bout of melancholy.
ReplyDeleteQuite the ummm stickiness to your words today that you display. Packing tape works better when you want things to stick too I say, duct tape may have a million uses but it is much easier to break free from, now try being tapped up in packing tape and get loose from that, not as easy..lol..yes I know from experience.
ReplyDeleteThat second stanza is just stunning. Wow!
ReplyDeleteClever and fascinating use of language. Well done.
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