Monday, November 28, 2011

Afterburner

In your voice you
capture what evades the page
           a phrase 
               raised again and again
                      the pitch rising 
                 the stress of your diaphragm 
      gives physicality
I cannot.

I am confined to this leaf
for to write a feeling 
is to contain it,
and to sing it, 
shines iridescent 
makes it seem
worth something more
than an off-hand scribble, 
crumpled paper, folded twice. 

Shall I put it in your pocket, or throw it out
forever lost?
I cry, so hard, but to you it’s all pretend. 

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