absolute sacrifice burns
in candles of fairy tales
i lift my eyes
to the flickering
of your mouth
"eat the whole
of me"
bound my ankles
and delay my desire
as you separate
the dull and still
i have no voice today
put my hands over the flame
i will not cry
like the great tongue
of resurrection
i utter emptiness
in my roots
pulling on my bones
and severing
this spell
of stiletto's
i am dull
and still
under the glass
of you
the third person is calling
cleaning my cells
rubbed against the old
i crumble dried flowers
and wait for complicating
features that resound
tomorrow awaits
with the syllables
of a maniac
and i speak
to the ivory
through
enameled sins
"fuck
simple pleasures"
the obscene language of latin
calls out to god
climbing angrily
in the noise of silence
i am still
with squares of the quilt
and guilt
that cover
dull pain
i am a grid
of skin and blood
stretching
that other person
into the border of manic
my temporary smile
is absolute
A contest entry
- adults only-my last offering by jinsays.
1206 points, ended February 23, 2009, 14 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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my god, I just melted.
even if I try to talk, all you'll hear is gurgling. You've raised the ante just a little higher. This is spectacular. I thank you for sharing your amazing talent here.
Favorite part?
"fuck
simple pleasures"
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Raw, human, bittersweet, irresistible.
Love,
jin
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This poem is seductive, it calls to me in choppy strange ghostly language-it speaks from the mouth of a man that is haunted. Excellent work Richard
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