Mellany
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TeethA Poem by MellanyShow me your teethand I'll show you mine.This is war don't you know,and although you may sit and stare at my kingdom,and plot to make it your own....... |
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How Does the Earth Move?A Poem by MellanyHow does the earth move under the weight of the skywhen we are no longer connected?Fragments of you lay scattered upon objectsand cling onto words lik.. |
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Wisdom ToothA Poem by MellanyGoodbye dentine number 32.You have been plucked out of my mouthtoo easily it seemsand now a fleshy crevice probes thetongue.You burrowed up through wa.. |
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FingernailA Poem by MellanyThe moon upon your fingernail,like the smudge upon the spiders back,reminds methat I am insignificant.But I will not spurn the treeswho have stretched.. |
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The Sea ArrivesA Poem by MellanyThe sea arrives in a blue sequin dressand moves candidly across a vacant shore.Her body caresses like fingers on a piano,her eyes sparkle withGreekcon.. |
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My AlbatrossA Poem by MellanyThe body mimics your intricate moves and I contort to a sprinkling of air. My body covets you but barely touches the tips of your fingers. A fract.. |
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Gravel and StoneA Poem by MellanyWhen we walked through gravel and stone, feet crunching on ancestral bones, the sky cried and laughed in jest and water crawled where it should not.. |
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Naughts and CrossesA Poem by MellanyIn a world of naughts and crosses is marked an asterix. It hides in the skeleton of the leaf, in the backbone of the meat. It sits on the soft ea.. |
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WinterA Poem by MellanyWinter wrap your arms around me and smother me in a blanket of nothingness. It is time for me to sleep, to recoil into the woodgrain like the curv.. |
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FishA Poem by MellanyI wish I were a fish with a mouth that could drink in the sea. I wish I were a body of silk so that I could curve with the embers of the incoming tid.. |