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does
your bed have two sides?
do
you even get out?
cut down to size, brought down a peg
given the tall poppy treatment
forget the bubble reputation
the sun, any shining thing will do it
wings overhead and roar
you're small
a storm to tear your roof away
and wind invisible takes down
inside all the shelves unread
everything yet to write, an itch
those instruments you can't really play
the future where everything's fixed
too much knowledge and the little you know
the body – all its ways to fail
one blowfly turns around your head
and you swing like a punch drunk fool
Excellent. I also have a few instruments I can't really play.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. "one blowfly turns around your head
ReplyDeleteand you swing like a punch drunk fool". Beautiful. And the painting is classic Kelen. Yellow is what speaks magic in that work. Great painting!