Saturday, June 9, 2012

Thorn Remainder


Thorn Remainder

Hook weight-bait sinks in my gullet barbed and jostling
Slice and grip the bulk of rank positional credence of choice
Bursts into my consciousness like a construction remediation vehicle
Transporting demolition debris to a future Superfund site

Destined to blow the atom bomb on my pancreas
Doctor-to-be Matt off to rotations and idle ship set sail for a vacation
Port in my ear, call waiting, clicking over kept on hold
Love at the ready, drive up and steady in the pinch of options I imagine

Taller and more available than me, better bedrooms and better sleep
I am microwave ready, a Thanksgiving Friday bevy of nutrients
Steam-blasted and sugar-sipped, universally un-chosen
The can of cranberries in the refrigerator, gelatin congealed

I broke a rock and poured this yolk, fried on a sidewalk, stepped over
My frying love, crisped and orange sphere exploded in the request for you
To raise me up from here to your lips, I fell runny and sludge
Impossible that you would choose me given the choice or loveable in this muck

Tattoo my foolish gullible ineptitude by accepting these Trojan calls
How can I love you contemplating how I feel I was nothing at all?
What and why do you desire whatever you desire?

As the fishing lines go yesterday bled me deeper like a rose from a friend
Petals for whomever and a thorn remainder to my end

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