Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Poetry vs Reality

Pregnant moons, and the metallic backs of beetles -
making lace of lilies that once held hope
in the curve of their praying leaves...


I have too much to do to write,
creation requires
time. I haven't got
7 days to give birth
to contextual beauty.

I don't have
the beauty to lend
to my text.

Instead, there is work,
driving me well into the sunrise
fueled by insomnia, unpaid bills,
and a tepid McMocha
three hours old.

There will be no more pregnancy,
and hope has become
a mathmatical formula
within the lines of a spreadsheet invoice,
held for mailing next week.

2 comments:

  1. If a McMocha can retain enough heat, three hours after passing throuh the window, to be considered "tepid," I have to offer that piss-warm is better than stone-cold.

    But you knew that.

    How are your travel plans coming along?

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  2. God, even when you have no time to write you come out with these freaking brilliant lines.

    You got the freaking talent in you. Woman!

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