SeamsA Poem by Omar
Un-allowed Is the word. Un, Dis-allowed Dis, In, In-allowed, Un Nope, none, None, none-allowed Allowance Is a state of wanting, but Allowance Is the privilege of the living. I hope you remember that-- Left with my own brain/storms And my sign language and my and my He felt a seam rip slightly just This morning A bag of greygreen denial plus that One yarn ball of yearning Which broke a silence, Because a pang spidered like melancholia A pulse, Across a land long un-treaded, across A web of rusted arteries, sewage pipes, And stale meat The None was
fading-- But there is nothing which glue cannot fix. There is no current which glue Cannot insulate. akh, desire For the love of God, Spare me, and my own language of silence Weaving Patterns of a cloud in a mind And a mind in a cloud I fear another unwanted pulsation, Some birth Control is needed Of the soul The mind Control Of the heart because, Liberties Are privileged to the living, I hope you still remember that. © 2012 Omar |
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