Memory Moves

Discussion in 'Poetry' started by weaselpop, Feb 2, 2006.

  1. weaselpop

    weaselpop Member

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    This photo clouds the memory.

    Only the drunken red faces speak, grinning,
    Up on tiptoes, arms hang over shoulders,
    A little strip of bare flesh shows below a favourite top,

    But what of the seeds of two loves? Sown
    From yesterdayÕs pizza and todayÕs begged advice,
    Fists and cut lips, alone together in a dark room,
    Parallel dramaÕs and doomed relationships.

    Months move on, love grows, stretches
    Over the miles of the railtrack train tracks
    And the lines telephone poles, strung with their
    Telephone wires. Time sticks in souvenirs,
    All books for a pound, brick-a-brack
    Postcards, a sore ankle, sore wrist.

    I hear your love grow and stretch.
    Your disembodied voice casts
    An impression of this connection;
    His sweet and secret sigh conveys a
    Little shudder of understanding.

    But distance breaks up the bond,
    Eventually. Breaks two into one
    Voiceless face, and one faceless voice,
    Knowing the one and pondering the other.
    You both moved on.

    Memory moves, moves around stories,
    Moves from the past and into the future,
    Moves minds and bodies, moves houses.

    And you move from South to North,
    And return, bringing summer sunshine
    In short, sharp bursts.

    ___________________I discard the photo
     
  2. DreamChaser

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    My goddamn God, that was so good. Please, please, if you have any more I'd love to read them. Excellent.
     
  3. weaselpop

    weaselpop Member

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    Thanks! You've got me blushing... bright red like in the photo! :p

    There's another of my poems further down, under "Home."
     

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