28 March 2011

the bubble



it seems so much a formality
the simple giving of thanks
heads bow with fear
like pirates 
walking planks
laughter just as hollow  as has ever been known

curses are mumbled --------> the innocents are stoned
i’m fat with ghosts and three days grown
full of friends       but all                   alone
tired of hypocrisy
                         consummately vain
 sure 
       soft 
subtle


             american
               but     stained

traveling in season
the wrong one again
simple  stupid questions
from simple        stupid men    
                                                      
                                       i’m sick with sleep -------->too much to eat

                                               i hear a voice      i wish             it was sweet

in shallow conversation -----------> i’m not looking for the truth

i hardly ever even think about you

i take the trip in smaller steps
it’s no surprise
i am not there yet

                                    for the moment it seems
                                          and from either extreme

                     talking tall    and



*art by Hillary Waters Fayle

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