Extremophiles

By metaphormachine

Iron is an essential ingredient

a mass content

in the blood so tiny

in the heart so small

Ol' Sparky

O' kneeling sitting

the Beloved

you, in the canoe

shiny briny

bitter true.

 

A water lily war

such a ship

may no longer

over the oceans

ancestral spark

not to mar.

 

Here on this sea

diving

pea blue

travel

midget

minor flea.

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Copyright 2013 metaphormachine
Published on Tuesday, February 12, 2013.     Filed under: "Poetry"

Author's Note:

Poem 22 - Book 11 of 15 - At the Times When I Woke Up & Myself Like the Lemmings Should Behave – 3. Literal Pictures [In Color] -
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  • A former member wrote: This poem is one of those things you come across in a day, a story, a song, a phrase....which just resides in your head and you are unable to think about anything else...now this happens rarely to me but this poem was stuck in my head for a loooong time and I couldn't get it out of my head, no matter how many BVB songs I listened to, it'd just stick there...

  • A former member wrote: Heavy enough to feel in the chest & brain, light enough to be one of the funnest poems I've ever read aloud. So bitter, so true. Nice clash here. Your use of the English language contains much wit, razor-sharp. Good stuffs, fella....

  • A former member wrote: Good One.. I Liked Reading..

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