36. on being “in like” / return of the poem-requests, with a twist.
(x-posted to LJ) A game of online poem-project “crossies.” (Poem-a-day #239 meet poem-requests) Take 1!
This is an ol’ poem-request from @jewelpike. A poem about “being ‘in like.’”
You saw a face in that pile of shards
A smashed tea set? By the trash bins
Wind-blown corner lashes (subtle as twist ties)
A painted vine on a lost saucer
Flapper brows, precise as the imagined
Lines between constellations
Last night you fell “in like” with the chipped
Face of makeup with visible errors, assymetric
Mouth smudged into maw
Pupils dilated, intent on the person
Behind you— while you name
Nebulae after the vaguely
Violet beauty mark, become downright
Darwinian, genuinely concerned
Observant of the broken wicks
Starfishing out from a side part of the hair
Blooming for you, the vulnerable
(not mine- loopy_boopy’s, from creepy dolls pool)
*lots of poetry/mlle. faux lit mag type things going on on mlle.tumblr today. Bernadette Mayer & Cate Marvin :)
http://locksmithy.livejournal.com/tag/poem-a-day
http://poetesss.tumblr.com/PAD (a mo. !!! behind on archives, ‘pologies)
