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ink on rainwater MAG

September 19, 2009
By missedtheboat7 SILVER, Madison, Alabama
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words
are magnetic i let
them hold me intact
watching inspiration kick
its heels, dirt crumbling on
the page
rain abruptly
makes her entrance
she pours vigor in a way that arranges
my eyes inside out my limbs
twisted i sink into the puddles my heart dispersed i am
earth i am the loose soil sliding
like ink
staining the white paper a wilting
russet rose
my hands mud cake the words 'til i soak
the book full of
rainwater, dirty swollen poetry
bursting at the seams
i breathe in broken
syllables (it's
eligible).

© Silvia F., Galesburg, IL

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Labradorian PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 16 2012 at 9:04 am
Labradorian PLATINUM, Chicago, Illinois
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Breathtaking. The metaphors in this piece are just fabulous.