You know
how awe slumps into wishing
the dancer would trip,
the opera singer's voice
crack like vinyl in a hot car.
It is not unnatural
or secret,
this desire to see stained glass
smashed
into a pulp of shards.
The world is cheering
for and against us
at all times;
they want to see us brought together
only to jealously plan
the divorce.
So let us defy their physics;
tune out how every wavelength
overwhelms with saying,
"Only when a juggler
misses catching his ball
does he appeal to me."
We will smile--all quick, sure fingers,
and no need to appeal.
Author notes
Kahlil Gibran quote. One of my favorites, even though I kind of decry it, here.
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Thought provoking. Since it's the world cheering, perhaps "it wants to see us brought together." Let us defy "its" physics. Is the Gibran quote what's in quotations because that is powerful and true.
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I hadn't thought of that, but you're right; "it" and "its" might make more sense.
And yes, the Gibran quote is in the quotation marks. I've always loved that quote because it seems to me to be a comment on how being fallible makes someone more relatable, but I took it slightly more cynically for this poem.
Thanks for the comment!
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yes a very cynical quote, but inspiring all the same. I like this a lot, the quote is definately a gud'en
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