exploded head caricature

By Jonas

it's as if it were
if i should say like
she never really was anything
at all

in the affirmation of this
the truth of
reluctance to
look ahead
always

taken by the skin
of these afairs
split at the seams
he splits the hairs over the skin on the skull of an
unidentified male

the sounds are all
as the blood returns
and the cells are blinking
nurtured by oxygen in just so
quantities as to neglect to
burn

the ego switch and every stove i've touched
has a part of me again
and while i've always known i don't so much
wish to die and as i return to myself
i am anchored in that notion

and cumulatively i'd say my strongest regret
will be pursuing sex outside devotion

then now in retrospect i'd be saying
that's the case

and now as i write i feel as if i'm just
going through the motions

-

the gears turn as i force my way through
and now this is a different poem
i've erased two lines because i thought they were junk
because now i don't know what i have to say

i've written about love and death and altered states
still i don't think the poem is over
sometimes i find it hard to relate what i'm feeling when i'm sober
but i'm never steady in my mind

i feel like i've been left out of the secret
but i'm trying not to care
over interested in a trinket
but reaching out with my ear
i don't want to be receding
i don't want to die
i don't like these words you're reading
and i wonder why

i

write

them

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© 2007 Jonas
Published on Wednesday, May 23, 2007.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • capt_funguy On Sunday, June 3, 2007, capt_funguy (778)By person wrote:

    skullface snowman , arms outstretched looking for a hug, ... and there are no coincidences - it's like you aborted the ends of sentences because what you want to say shouldn't be said ...

  • capt_funguy On Sunday, June 3, 2007, capt_funguy (778)By person wrote:

    not from a poet's mouth anyway. ballerinas have gnarled toes that they almost never look at, even when they hurt. ... funguy

  • glasshouse On Wednesday, May 30, 2007, glasshouse (548)By person wrote:

    Wow. well done. --Jes

  • Liz On Tuesday, May 29, 2007, Liz (267)By person wrote:

    man, i am so glad you are still here

  • KittyStryker On Thursday, May 24, 2007, KittyStryker (711)By person wrote:

    sometimes i find it hard to say what i'm feeling when i'm awake, too. sometimes, though, you don't have to...? i don't know. but this poem got to me somehow. P.S. i don't want you to die either.

  • Six-Out On Wednesday, May 23, 2007, Six-Out (1435)By person wrote:

    I think we all do. fish, you're a bastard, but you can use a pen mighty finely.

  • carlosjackal On Sunday, May 27, 2007, carlosjackal (3010)By person wrote:

    Seconded -Carl

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