making[friends with six-]out

By doll on the rag





hush


secrets collect like neglected bourbon
in the rims of your eyes

the corners of your heartweary smile

and you
t.o.n.g.u.e them out so
_____s__l__o__w__l__y
disguise them with nonchalant poem garlands
hope no one catches you



slick streets and two a.m.
partner so charmingly
with a lusty beckandcall
we could heed
were we less than apathy-minded
and more sincere


i too have wished for a car crash
and meant it
but not really so much as i'd like to believe



the sky burns unfortunate
in pinprick stars
cosmosglitter
twinkling so deceptively
like pyritecomfort corkscrews
and shotglasses
such a poor substitute for warm arms
and gentle hands

keep me company
in this isolationesque silence
where it is so easy
to stumble
and forget myself



oh, that we could drift
without chemical neuroses
upon waking



for all our hopeless meandering missteps
i like you




strange to think
perhaps
these voices belong in other mouths
unfamiliar to our own
while the stoplights grant me
such a peculiar
interface


it is your perrogative





and if i were to write you a letter
i would begin it
"dear jon,"


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Copyright 2005 doll on the rag
Published on Monday, July 11, 2005.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • carlosjackal On Sunday, February 16, 2020, carlosjackal (3010)By person wrote:

    Perfect lemonade. A spot on mix of citrus and sugar.

  • zanewill On Sunday, January 28, 2007, zanewill (84)By person wrote:

    excellent write/wonderful weaving of words, my dear poet!

  • Six-Out On Tuesday, January 23, 2007, Six-Out (1435)By person wrote:

    All this time later. days passed. And I still love it. You rock my dear!

  • PoeticHellion On Monday, May 22, 2006, PoeticHellion (191)By person wrote:

    Fabulous, amazing. Brilliant.

  • Six-Out On Thursday, January 19, 2006, Six-Out (1435)By person wrote:

    This still rocks my world.

  • A former member wrote: This is beautiful... It's just so.... THERE. I don't know how else to describe it. Gorgeous. -Storm

  • wannabe_rebel On Tuesday, July 12, 2005, wannabe_rebel (17)By person wrote:

    this is a beautiful poem. the opening lines are SO striking. that's gonna stick with me for a long time...

  • doll on the rag On Tuesday, July 12, 2005, doll on the rag (200)By person wrote:

    thank you, love. i'm glad you enjoy my nonsense. =)

  • doll on the rag On Tuesday, July 12, 2005, doll on the rag (200)By person wrote:

    you should most definitely go through Six-Out's work; it's beyond me on so many levels. *nod*

  • SilentStalker On Monday, July 11, 2005, SilentStalker (1067)By person wrote:

    ...bout time you listened to us and got that postcard in; glad you're sticking around... Scholar

  • doll on the rag On Monday, July 11, 2005, doll on the rag (200)By person wrote:

    actually, i didn't. total credit for me still being around goes to not an addict, because i am lazy. is that lame or what?

  • Six-Out On Monday, July 11, 2005, Six-Out (1435)By person wrote:

    This rocks almost as much as you do.

  • doll on the rag On Monday, July 11, 2005, doll on the rag (200)By person wrote:

    *does the my-life-is-complete dance again*

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