Thoughtlets on a Winter Workday
Thoughtlets on a Winter Workday
1. We've had
brighter days,
but never
have we seen
blacker nights,
somewhere between
the Devil's bollocks
and a producer's heart.
2. Her kiss was cold,
loveless,
and as sterile
as the surface of the moon.
How then
could she
pull at the tides
within him?
3. It wasn't always
like this,
in a day and age
before this one,
Truth
did not have to cheat
in order
to triumph.
4. We trod
on the sins
and sacrifices
of the last generation,
so we must
carry the weight
of the next,
and hold them high.
5. We know
the holidays
are here
when our eyes
hunt for mistletoe
the way
a celebrity
hunts for a camera.
6. It is true
that love
is fleeting,
but the stains
it leaves behind
can only
be bleached away
by time
and tears.
This fragmented look inside my head was prompted by those solidly-glued folks over at DVerse.
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Christopher, I love the image you chose to go with the poem. You build up to the concluding stanza, which howls with anguished truth, with great skill.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your winter fragments - the last one really hits and I wonder how much bleach it will take?
ReplyDeleteyour second fragment hit home. i meet a few women back in the day whos kisses where sterile. love this poem.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed all of your Fragment(!): Thoughtlets ...each was a kind of aphorism and #2 is my favourite
ReplyDeleteEach of these stanzas could stand on its own. I'd agree with you, they're thoughtlets rather than fragments taken out of context and sense. I prefer this type of poem.
ReplyDeleteChris - you really aced this one! I love it.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I just want to let you know that I've posted your poem 'I Am A Poem' up at the Skeptic's Kaddish: https://skepticskaddish.com/2021/12/03/i-am-a-poem-or-a-poet/
Thanks so much!
All best,
David [ben Alexander]
You absolutely rocked the prompt! 💝💝 I especially like; "We trod
ReplyDeleteon the sins and sacrifices of the last generation, so we must carry the weight of the next, and hold them high. "
I am in the half-sleep insomniac bloom of zolpidem, but I like your work. I will return when I am once again razored out to write a ringing comment! ✌🏼❤️
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