Sam Kaufman | uhwuhna at gmail dot com | also at cogito zero sum

Thursday, May 31, 2007

sonnet in the passionate or dedicated style

It was only after one hundred crossings that he saw the other side
my mouth is so dry when I wake up beside your sprawl
we break into the factory.       Show me the rusted gut insides
I am beginning to think nothing was a mistake after all
We built a marvelous Inukshuk out of dirty socks      sex
the lilacs are tall & won't wash out
                                                 the poet's voice
gravel, his teeth pig iron
Where is this outpouring from? It's sentimental
     and difficult
trying to be both soft & tough      at the same funeral
when will you decide to paint my bicycle      your colours
& palanquin our sofa?     The asphalt stretched spacelike
                               naked raked & was ruled homicide
product of hand work            a braided disrobing
scraping a leaf a stitch a flip a fall
         happy little trees & all done in a passable feminine style

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