Mr. Branches a Bluesman

By Clementine

He knocks at his head
"Has anyone checked?"
This bus, these blues, and cardboard courts-man
There are sugarcane children that should be in bed
Spying through psychology - turning into thread

Houses of maple
built under the sun
revive, relive, and inevitably shed
four coats of fists and a bottle of gin
timetable's of sin, and a haughty mountain.

He thinks to himself
"Is this all there could be?
inside tectonic scenes of mainland dreams?
What summons the feline infantry?
and makes the stone creatures an industry?
This bus is filled with somnambulist felonies."

His head - shaved to the right
quarts of diamonds and infant dust
lies dormant in the celluloid graph
and ladders then fall from the sky
spines of fingers and gravitational rust
carry off the wounded, carry off the branches.
The Branches.

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© 2007 Clementine
Published on Friday, March 30, 2007.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • italianbella On Sunday, December 23, 2007, italianbella (185)By person wrote:

    beautiful images swearm in my head upon reading this...simply excellent write:)

  • stormtalk On Monday, June 25, 2007, stormtalk (729)By person wrote:

    nice structure, i think it contrasts nicely with your disjointed images, and i can almost hear you whispering "THE BRANCHESSS"

  • Jonas On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, Jonas (720)By person wrote:

    always drowned in beautiful imagery so that i'm not sure if i'm missing something but what i leave with is good enough for me. thanks.

  • nur hidayah On Tuesday, April 3, 2007, nur hidayah (116)By person wrote:

    My my. What a strange ride/write. Most pretty in a weird way. Like exquisite girls with shaved heads. I absolutely love love it. Thank you for this!

  • Bella Butchery On Monday, April 2, 2007, Bella Butchery (724)By person wrote:

    spine shattering. excellent.

  • A former member wrote: well what a crazy title and poem -I'm not quite sure what kind of trip youre on, but i know i like it -esp. the line 'four coats of fists and a bottle of gin' -offbeat, surreal (a hint of satire??) -v.cool indeed

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