(Selections)
Memory-Past
Would it not have been convenient?
If wanted unwanted moments of painful pleasures
Were erased-
Like calculations gone wrong
Or snipped with blunt scissors
Stitches of an unsuccessful operation
And a still born child.
Incisions go deep
From trunk to root
The snake only knowing
The deep dark way.
If
If.
Two letter word,
Insignificant, non-existent
Yet, hurling a fling.
Breathing in,
Out.
Vaporous fantasies condensing
Settling…
The scum, difficult to scratch
Filled in nails, in attempt –
Decaying.
The breathing in,
Out…
If.
The Unseen Corner
Something, somewhere…
Presence permanent
Hidden.
The unseen corner
Apart from the two that are stable
And another overhead
There is yet a fourth,
Unseen, unnoticed…
Still.
Ink, Blood
As ink blots
And smudged tissue lies under the table
A drop of blood
Coagulates and clots.
Puncture within
Piercing through veins
Scissors snipping
Unsuccessful,
As the string still remains.
March 16, 2007