AlterityA Poem by John Cuttito
Words being sounds splashed in ink and riddled upon the conception She spoke them smooth enough but broke upon the page as she set them down and passed this by. Significance of words we are each a dead language unto ourselves Just asleep striking the night hours alone Vision is as those who see it claim Precipitation of necessary and habitual blindness an ignorance of soul Economy of sensation Something bartered nothing gained Dichotomy of creation One must be Yin The other Yang Crepusculance is not an option Fallacy of perception The contention of convention What will fill these thousand holes? Give back the broken span of attention impossible belief in souls as an individual incarnation and separation of the vehicle from self Identification refusing to come from naming Living between the ( ) A space for forgiveness An emptying of spectacle. Textimony Posthumously Prodigious Absentia in reason No why Divisionembrace; Two parts not whole bleeding sky in motion. AlwayswakingwithoutsleepingFortune.Disparate.Selfless.Aptitude.Decision: a becoming Subtle division Am there where it was And will not. Functional in being singular testimony facilitate a synthesis purely ornamental and fluctuating. The boredom of being forced humanity to construct form and creation. Firstly these took partner with nature. The communion of The forests and stones preceded the age of absolutes. Occurring Concurrently in the twilight. Dark being neither good nor evil… This was before words made whole the pain of being upon a page. Name Voice a calling backwards Moment um Hear them and heard Something shallowed forgiveness for repetition Beg permission for something new to grow and retreat A once and not again Words hulking giant then steel Doors and no way home. ALBA LIGHT HEAVY FALLING PERSISTANT STATE OF ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE LOOKING OUT WINDOWS AT GARDENS NOT GROWING DOORSTEPS BEHIND A CLOSING UNAWAKENING ESCAPES FIRE BREATHING NECKS AND TIES FOR MOURNING. s u n r i s i n g or falling © 2009 John CuttitoFeatured Review
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3 Reviews Added on November 9, 2009 AuthorJohn CuttitoBuffalo, NYAboutFor the past 11 years of my 24 year old life i have been a practicing poet, that's not to say i wasn't a poet before that, i just didnt write it down. Like most people i am both confused and enlighte.. more..Writing
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