To Answer Answerable

To Answer Answerable

A Poem by Laura Lynn

TO ANSWER
L
oyalist, it don’t matter what happened, you thought an
A
uxiliary claim was a creature at the bottom of the sea.
A
utopsy of a grandparent, we think about it, hoping our
N
ebbish behaviors will pass for saintliness, proper
O
penness left for extroverts, while we can be silent,
T
reeless landscapes, words only taking us as far as a
L
ong-distance call, carrying us away figuratively. The
A
ttacker is now become a boss.  We ask questions,
H
ostility set aside in the interest of amity or friendship,
A
symmetry left for the oil painter and his canvas.
S
teepness we see in hills and high mountains, in towers,
H
oning the sword on a whetstone, the smithy does not
I
nstigate just sits there waiting, watching, listening. 
V
iaducts are the prettiest bridges, we light up to see…


ANSWERABLE
A
stigmatism, the blurred and imperfect image, the dear
C
onfines and the molecules within the confines.  One
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ot-bed for next year’s produce, what everyone needs;
A
ssiduity instead of care though both are equal, what
R
eprobates discard rebate coupons, then flawed utopia
A
ttenuates, a density of mind drawn out to exhaustion,
I
nstinctively the new life rising from remunerative clay.

© 2014 Laura Lynn


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An intriguing sense of the antique and the surreal. As if some old buried document had been found and translated on acid. The closing line glistens with possibilities: "Instinctively the new life rising from remunerative clay."


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Laura Lynn
Laura Lynn

Fairfax, VA



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