terrifying me
Mar. 21st, 2010 01:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wytchcroftthis is for bttrflyscar, thanks for the prompt!
this is maybe the first piece in a loose and irregular series.
this is maybe the first piece in a loose and irregular series.
I lie
On the bed
(Your bed – my bed
Is your bed)
Like a machine made of broken parts
Slammed doors and telephones,
Twisted wire, connecting cables
My wrecked keyboard is still
I lie
Waiting for life
For the spark
For you
The murmur of your voice
Filling me
Not with words – no, deeper and more subtle
And beautifully simple
The truth of you fills the lie of me -
Your breath, your ragged breath
It is the air in my lungs
The catch in my throat
The white in my knuckles
The tears in my eyes
Opened only by you
The wild electrical you
Transmuting me
I am become
The golden automaton
A dutiful creation
I lie
In the pentagram of your device
Ready now to dance into life
And out to the world
With graceful limbs
A human face
And a secret
The skull beneath the skin
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Date: 2010-03-21 02:05 am (UTC)There is always such a presence about your work.
And nothing is what it seems... and that makes for very intriguing poetry.
Bravo, Nic- I missed your words.
:)
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Date: 2010-03-21 02:58 am (UTC)i would be interested to see what else comes out of this idea.
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Date: 2010-03-21 08:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-21 04:46 am (UTC)Like a machine made of broken parts
Slammed doors and telephones,
Twisted wire, connecting cables
My wrecked keyboard is still
Touch sensitive
and really the entire thing is brilliant. esp. the end.
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Date: 2010-03-21 08:40 am (UTC)and synchronicity rocks :)
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Date: 2010-03-21 06:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-21 08:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-21 06:24 am (UTC):-)
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Date: 2010-03-21 08:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-21 04:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-21 05:04 pm (UTC)and all good thoughts to Betsy too :))
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Date: 2010-03-21 05:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-21 07:35 pm (UTC)but i'm glad she's home soon.
*hugs to all*
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Date: 2010-03-21 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-21 07:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-21 10:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-21 11:11 pm (UTC)thanks man, that's really nice of you - and i'm glad you liked it:))
but one day i hope i'll come up with something that really deserves the generous comments of my flist, good people like yourself! :))
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Date: 2010-03-21 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-22 12:33 am (UTC)LOL! :))
Date: 2010-03-22 01:42 pm (UTC)look upon my underpants ye mighty - and tremble!
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/zardoz6.jpg
:))
Re: LOL! :))
Date: 2010-03-23 05:06 am (UTC)And believe me... that photo has me trembling. lol...
Re: LOL! :))
Date: 2010-03-23 01:05 pm (UTC)it is interesting though - if you don't broadcast your gender - how people view you from your writings...
and how that changes once the gender label is known.
i don't like the idea of people being put off by preconceived notions of identity - which, of course, is something i'm as surely guilty for doing as anyone else.
Re: LOL! :))
Date: 2010-03-24 04:17 am (UTC)you totally rock the androgyny vibe. at first I thought you were a guy, right off the bat, but then, you were just so nice...I wasn't sure. lol. Just had to say it...
Re: LOL! :))
Date: 2010-03-24 04:37 am (UTC)Re: LOL! :))
Date: 2010-03-25 09:37 pm (UTC)nom nom nom!
Date: 2010-03-25 09:46 pm (UTC)Re: nom nom nom!
Date: 2010-03-25 10:20 pm (UTC)Re: nom nom nom!
Date: 2010-03-26 03:59 am (UTC)Re: LOL! :))
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Date: 2010-03-24 04:48 pm (UTC)Re: LOL! :))
Date: 2010-03-24 04:36 am (UTC)Well, I think the only thing that will change is that I won't be calling you sweetheart or sugarbumpkins anymore. You still rock whether you're an innie or an outie. :-p
Re: LOL! :))
Date: 2010-03-24 04:52 pm (UTC)LOL!
- over the years i've had very similar experiences to those you describe.
and fuck it, call me what you like m'dear, i aint like to mind overly.
:))
Re: LOL! :))
Date: 2010-03-25 09:38 pm (UTC)back at ya! (kinda)
Date: 2010-03-25 09:45 pm (UTC)Re: back at ya! (kinda)
Date: 2010-03-26 05:13 am (UTC)ROTFL!
Date: 2010-03-26 05:11 pm (UTC)*closes mouth*
but yes, i really like that film. :))
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