What are these latent, dormant emotions
that I thought I supressed
or replaced
but no, they resurface
like a black fish with shiny metal teeth
hungry
to sink
into my flesh
and
hold me forever
for one day
a moment's thought is too much
how I despise human nature
to confuse these silly sentiments
is inherent to the species
love love love
has become generic--once its own
brand but the name
has now been adopted by its competitors
I want to forget,
to eliminate him--
no more glancing
and tight-chested, rolling eyes
--looking and unlooking--
I deserve to be just a portrait on the wall.
my "looks go everywhere"
and eyetrick myself
but there isn't anything to view,
I insist upon it!
Regrets on my breath,
I'm captured in old thoughts;
well shined memories that I frequently remove
--glazed, glossed china from a glass case--
I take good care of these torture devices
Author notes
the phrase in parentheses is an excerpt from Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" a good read by the way
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You have a style and grace about your writing that very few possess, allowing the thoughtful reader - one who soaks in themselves the meaning that could and would be - to engage themselves in a poem worthwhile. This piece is one of many I have read from you that have simply left me at a loss for words (but as you can tell I do try!)... It is so hard to teach your heart what your mind is trying to feel. Amazing piece!
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Awesome write.
I really liked:
"To confuse these silly sentiments
is inherent to the species
love love love
has become generic--once its own
brand but the name
has now been adopted by its competitors."
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hummmm
Very thought provoking...very interesting, many meanings spring to my mind as I reflect back on this piece. The last stanza kind of takes it on a twist, a head scratch of sorts...I like it but am perplexed a bit at the ending...great descriptiveness and flow to it...I like it.
Becky
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