Friday, March 1, 2024

March the First



The girl’s names were Alice the boy’s names were Jack. Their room was a wheel on a ship. Approach cautiously. Rouge was the place they were looking for. Play wounded in battle. Trism Bear scouted the courtyard. Bears have no patience with rhetoric. Drink up feel the beer rise. Alices disappeared in the past making police work difficult. Take care at the conference of birds plague masks unguents curious recipes. Alices lowered the shawls from their foreheads under the influence of pebbles. Jacks leapt to their feet. Safety’s luxury came late. Broken glass on the Marilyn Shrine honey pots butters a candle made from fat. The moon was down but there was enough light for horses to ford the river. Cherished a secret grudge against breathing machines. Did not let Trism Bear hear. Alices and Jacks were homeless and waiting for food. Desolation Point. The difficult miracle of anvil and wince. They are what was found there.




3 Comments:

Blogger Ms. Moon said...

I had to remember to breathe.

March 1, 2024 at 11:32 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

37paddington: A sad lonely poem, yet also dazzling. Lost Alices and Jacks and nobody to mourn or save them except you. Reminds me of your tattoo.

March 1, 2024 at 12:21 PM  
Blogger Rebecca said...

Oooooo! This sounds like the poems in Radish King....no that's not right. There was another book you did that turned my mind inside out. I have to go look it up but I know there was Trism in it. This....will you be writing more like this? Ode to the joyful joy. And, and for Christ's sake, have you watched POOR THINGS yet??

March 4, 2024 at 4:18 PM  

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