"Life is the dancer and you are the dance."
Eckhart Tolle

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

there were fruit and flowers living in my brain POW #3 I had a another post up here and I thought twice so here is my original

there were bells on the hill but I never heard them ...

dying in a cesspool of forbidden shit

I hate forbidden shit

It reminds me of the apples I ate when I was non-cancerous


the smell of the death-ward is kinda nice

it reminds me of tricycles


no I never heard them at all ' til there was ...

a festering silence overcomes this habitat

and it ain't a gerbil cage, baby



and there was music, and wonderful roses, they tell me ...

always wondered who the fuck "they" were

if jesus lived in an underwear drawer

then the words would come out sweeter



If Gita lived in my mouth

then surgery would be cleaner



I still wish I was there with Auntie May

drinking her dirt cider

and hoping for redemption

14 comments:

  1. Pamela, a really powerful poem, images that are so intense.

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  2. Yeah, who are 'they'?

    'the smell of the death-ward is kinda nice
    it reminds me of tricycles' - brilliant lines!!!

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  3. Love the Beatles song'Til there was you' interspersed thoughout..love that song..The Pope is going to be seriously pissed off when he finds out that Jesus has been living in your underwear drawer amongst the rosary beads.You and Francis will be in the black book!

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  4. That mix of beautiful memories and stark reality from which we can never escape. Powerful words, Pamela.

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  5. There must have been aunts in the aether this weeks.
    This knocks me out, Pamela. That's a great voice.

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  6. SO much better than the original

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  7. Uma,
    Thanks for the comment.
    Pamela

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  8. Andy,
    You know who they are, come on don't pull my leg ;) Thanks
    Pamela

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  9. Rall,
    Are Francis and I really in trouble? Oops! Loved the prompt! And do you remember that song is from "The Music Man". The Beatles just covered it. Oh my age is showing, yikes!
    Thanks,
    Pamela

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  10. Derrick reality it is and there is no escaping. Thanks.
    Pamela

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  11. Thanks for that Barb. I enjoyed yours as well.
    Pamela

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  12. The Jesus and Gita observations are priceless. I hadn't picked up on the "till there was you" connection, but that adds a whole other brilliant dimension. Tell Rall the Pope doesn't scare me (as long as he stays in Rome).

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  13. Thanks for that Francis!
    Pamela

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