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Trinity
11/24/2006 02:58 p.m.


Trinity

a being parted from the river
     another
          then another
only part of a bench
     inhabited
today; shoe-drying
     don't breathe
just in case
     they whispered in turn
the third smiled
strummed my hair
       there are only stars
between us she said
     they parted be
coming one


Where sameness dips

we are one love you say
twisting off the beer top
that moment you stop
being my friend and i
start to write

call me unreliable
i do not plan these flat
excursions bring no
supplies you say
be unprepared

easy enough i think
the sun passes over
the rain twists off the roof
there is no difference
there is no difference

between the sun u
the rain i private in
tense comprehensive
same at one twenty nine am
or five twenty five

i enjoy a cider stand
on a spider leave my
finger on your back
drum or tap till one
twenty nine am


Member Comments on this Entry
Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 11/28/06 at 09:20 AM

amazing notes-like-journal-poems, like dream snippets after waking-- I love "the third smiled and strummed my hair" wonderful image--I can hear it! And then there is even a "drum or a tap" later. In tune with me too...(!) as the reason I am so tired at the moment is that beside attending a long singing rehearsal, I played percussion tonight, tambourine, for one of the songs. So I feel like your poem stepped out of my life and onto your page... oh now I am about to fall asleep... hopefully to dream of strumming. Wonderful sense of dream timing, imagination, and lyrical wording... sweet dreams...

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