love's rematch

love's rematch

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

love's rematch

 

 

salty composure

Hedonistic compunction

love thrown over a shoulder

but the luck is just dry tears

the umbrella punctured with stinging emotion

 

a heart flailing at clouds

with ineffective fists

clenched dreams lose the fight

once broken, there is no second-ten count

the fight is called before it starts.

 

 

erin-cilberto

4/5/17

© 2017 jacob erin-cilberto


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An the winner is ...:)...............

Posted 7 Years Ago


"there is no second-ten count

the fight is called before it starts."

Posted 7 Years Ago


Reminds me of a boxing rematch, the uphill battle between and the judges verdict for the heavy weight champion of the world. A knock out punch and a knock out poem you deliver for us...:).........................

Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

thank you, Sami....you are a kind soul.

j.
Sami Khalil

7 Years Ago

You are welcome muchly. ....::::)))))
I don't understand this. Not that that's any fault of yours. I'm just so very new to this sort of thing, that the layers of imagery are very dense and hard for me to get through. I need to keep reading more poetry.

Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

and just read into it what you see, Paper...don't try to figure out what the poet was thinking when .. read more
Words to delve into, jacob.. not easy but a fine example of 'how to.. ..

Guess, assume, that trying a second time round rarely comes to anything. one tries but too often the mauling begins.. and the hurt just hurts that much more. Perhaps?

Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

thank you for your words, emma.
j.
emmajoy

7 Years Ago

I can but try ..
I enjoyed this.
I think you meant 'ten-second' in the 4th line of the second verse, though!.

Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

thank you for your words, actually i did mean second-ten count...referring to the rematch--another t.. read more
The Iron Horseman

7 Years Ago

Got it! How about 'second-ten-second count'? :)

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jacob erin-cilberto
jacob erin-cilberto

Carbondale, IL



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Originally from Bronx, NY, I live in Carbondale, Illinois...teach English at a community college and have been writing and publishing poetry since 1970. I am here to read for inspiration from other po.. more..

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