With the Sea Swells and Ne'er Do Wells; Letting Down is a Lifestyle

With the Sea Swells and Ne'er Do Wells; Letting Down is a Lifestyle

A Poem by Matt Chevalier

I believe I have misplaced my body
I think I'm only a mind now
Freudian
Thing
One Who knows Itself
But isn't Itself
Transcending Something that isn't a Something

-Wishes seem 
Stretched-

Distance
distancedistancedistance
that's the key here
I'm separate from myself
as I feel My legs no more.

I'm a mind with arms
Though maybe not for too long;
My Fingers will go first,
Starting from the top
Being taken 
By
the
wind
.

I'll makemakemake it
is along the lines of what I'll say;

Pulling a 
Body together
is beyond anything right now.

being here being here
being soft being-
a like the likes of which 
were never seen by human eyes.

I'm spitting nowords now
Antiwords-
One's that fold meaning into themselves
and take and take and take and take
until there is nothing more to give.

Let 
Me 
Want.
Let me not be wanted,
So I can stay my
mind-almost-arms-me
Almost-mind; maybe
in another voice
in another time.

If this wasn't so I wouldn't know what "so" means

There's a spot on the earth for me to stand
I'm 
not
sure
where
it
lies
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

© 2013 Matt Chevalier


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This is interesting... wonderful!

Posted 11 Years Ago


I love the formatting choice to bring across the already wonderful imagery created, brilliantly written and I am now going to read everything else you've done.

Posted 11 Years Ago


I loved this! :D
I haven't read anything that was formatted like this before. It was very fun... would that be the right word for it? Depends who you ask I guess. Could be disturbing.
Enjoyed it for being what it is, whatever that is-- being that it should even be called an is. Now was.

Posted 11 Years Ago



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Added on February 25, 2013
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