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as if this body were not the cage
by Frankie Sanchezi know that sometimes i waste breath as if this voice were not a caged bird --
but it is -- and sometimes i act as if this body were not the cage --
but it is -- and this mouth is the cage door
and this tongue -- this tongue is the slipperiest of skeleton keys
and i know that sometimes i waste breath with adjectives describing how beautiful this cage is
but it is not -- and sometimes i wax nostalgic about how the interior of this cage is comfortable
but it is not -- it is vascular and dark and warm and damp and it's bone and it's hollow
and this voice -- this voice would prefer the warmth of a nest
but were it not for this cage -- this voice would not have the air that flutters its wings
were it not for this cage -- this voice would not have the vibration that carries its song
and were it not for this cage -- this voice would not have the wherewithal to consider itself a bird. 04/09/2008 Author's Note: take flight or stay grounded.
Posted on 04/09/2008
Copyright © 2024 Frankie Sanchez
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Paul Marino on 04/10/08 at 03:18 AM so poetic voice we're talking? prettttttftatttttttttttttttttttttty sweet. (sorry, a grain of rice just fell in my keyboard and i was trying to pull it out). last line therefore rules. good stuff up in this piece. |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 04/10/08 at 04:03 AM Sound advice. Great writing. |
| Posted by Lauren Singer on 04/10/08 at 07:10 AM i've been here. am here. your voice is always so easy to relate to. fragile yet roaring piece here. |
| Posted by Steven Kenworthy on 04/11/08 at 01:28 AM live or die barebones style. i like this. i like the cage yet choose to live with the door wide open, as any artist does i believe. this is calm yet churning. there's a definite second-guessing quality to it that gets swallowed up in the tide of truth...which i appreciate because that's how half of us "do" life. some sick lines to go with a few vocab words that jump a little higher than most. excellent stuff brotha. |
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