ELEGY FOR SERENDIPITY

06 24 14

If you need me

I'll be on the couch soaking in

the sour entertainment

of bent arms in the clock

 

From the corner I am pinned to by sight

the machines have abandoned

embodiment of an appeal

for infinity's human-infused assurance

 

Has the coil of communication

choked on a knot of fiberoptic shadows?

 

Humidity's stationary air

is severed by a wisp that has conquered

survival in a chill

on my forehead of stillborn condensation

 

Seeping like poisoned blood through the past

are the unchained embezzlements

of my identity

in a recall of cutting floor relevance

yearning to be forgotten

but a lame duck emotion

needs a living home

 

You won't need me

Author's Note

Reviews

[Wall Hermitt]

“Elegy for serendipity”. Quite the plaintive, melancholic introduction. Your words are heartfelt and personally I do find them relatable. Hopefully there is something that will find us in this downheartedness and alleviate our spirits. Thanks for the share.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much for another kind review my friend...writing is the only real therapy I have, and when I get a review such as this, I just feel better...it's comforting to know that someone out there knows just where I'm coming from....us poets must stick together and overcome whatever trials life throws at us...so glad you enjoyed this piece, it means more than I can articulate.

[redzone]

Hi, this poem hits at the way we are kinda doomed no matter what we want or desire.. the image you present in the first few lines. From reading your poems this is a theme for you Steve. I guess I look at it as if you write, express these polarities then you are not just thrown about by fates, you are determining your fate. And my friend "you are needed muchly" to live in your house and ours!!! Besides, how can I visit if you are not home??? :-p

enjoyed meanderings through your Daliesque (thanks Frieda) "Serendipity"...
~~redzone

[kublakhan27]

You read my work perfectly my friend...try as I might, I cannot shirk the them of alienation...it's been with me since I first started writing almost two decades ago (where did the time go?)...the irony is that I feel like a casualty of a certain fate...I try to convince myself otherwise but I don't do a very good job of that...

Thanks so much as always for the support and vote of confidence...I've said it before, but if not for the support of a 'few friends' I'm not sure I'd even be writing much, let alone be here...and Freida loves to challenge me with the Dali tag so it keeps me on my toes :) So glad you enjoyed it red.

[AprilRN1210]

Just because you can pick the channel doesn't mean you can pick what is playing.. Things have a way of seeping back into the consciousness whether we want them to or not.. We can change the station, but it will just get creative in its plights.. The emotions that follow these thoughts/memories plague our soul and make us yearn for that bittersweet numbness that doesn't fix but alleviates for precious moments of empty sanity.. that forever get fewer and far between.. I love your imagery and rich use of language in this piece... very nicely done..

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much for the wonderful review April...it is practically a poem in itself :)

[AprilRN1210]

awww, I wouldn't go that far with it.. I really enjoyed it.. You are more than welcome sir!! :)

[kublakhan27]

:))))))))) (exactly ten characters haha...another testament to the sentiments in your limerick ;))

[AprilRN1210]

LOL... you are too much:P

ughhh needed the laugh seeing as how Frieda's poem just made me cry... damn her!!

[kublakhan27]

:)...Yes, she taps into emotions like no one else I know...

[AprilRN1210]

Indeed, she does...

[Pryde Foltz]

Humidity's stationary air
is severed by a wisp that has conquered
survival in a chill
on my forehead of stillborn condensation

Divine metaphor work … but from where I sit, your muse is in fine form … inspired condensation:)

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much Pryde :)

[Matching Socks]

Has the coil of communication
choked on a knot of fiberoptic shadows?

I wrote a silly little thing, call it a Senryu, about the TV remote...
This sentence here reminds me of that, wanting attention, not a lot, just acknowledgement while we sit in the dark together by romantic tv light...

Who was the lame duck I wonder? I'm gonna say him.
If you're going to change flavours, may I recommend the heavenly hash?

[kublakhan27]

You nailed it my friend, and threw in a few more observations for good measure...thanks so much...I always wonder if I trust what they put in that stuff haha

[Matching Socks]

Anytime you wanna go for ice cream... :)
Just let me know.

[kublakhan27]

Haha Will do :)

[willweb]

"Cutting floor relevance" What is sad here is I get that line. I get the entire poem. I wish I had written this but then again I wish I didn't know how this feels enough to write about it. This was very sad and deep but I enjoyed it alot. Another great and thought creating poem Kublakhan27.

[kublakhan27]

Poetry is a double-edged sword in that way...you want to write things that will reach out to people, but you hope that poems like this aren't easily relateable for the reader...I know how it feels to have that wish as well...there are people on this site whose voice I would long to have...I'm glad you enjoyed this one given how meaningful it is to me...thank you will.

[Frieda P]

Oh you're on a roll here Benji! This isn't quite Waldo or vanilla now is it?
....
You had me with the first stanza, and it makes perfect sense no matter what the music is playing....

yearning to be forgotten
but a lame duck emotion
needs a living home

I don't think you're yearning to be forgotten, you just need a new flavor ice cream, I told ya. ;)

As usual, Dali hits the spot! xo

[kublakhan27]

Haha I'm at a loss for words Mrs.R...yes, I need a new flavour, or a new personality, even though I know I'll get the evil eye for saying that ;P

I'm happy that it hit the spot love...your support is the light in a shopping list of cracks :) xo

[Frieda P]

I quite like your personality...we can't all be Brando, don't even ask where that came from....haha

LC would approve of your improvement on his quote, although I doubt he's ever needed a shopping list. ;) xox

[kublakhan27]

Yes, and that's what keeps my self-esteem afloat ;) I know we all can't be Brando, but we can be acknowledged, if the fates allow it...

Oh I know he doesn't need a shopping list ;) haha xoxo