piles of books (like kryptonite)

by jay dee - Cancer

ashes defiling the wood upon which
 twitched the tender black feline, eradicating the
  seduction of the knowledge, waiting,
 like a lover at the raining train station, with the billowing overcoat
            and unprecedented iron-work stare stereotyping
      the moment, bringing the schmaltz to the surface, sucking a hickey on the poem, and the cat jumps through the 
      t.v. with the voodoo lady throwing the blarney stone all the way to joppa road, and fuck, man, but doesn't
           Eternity
         follow it into the glass, melting like butter 
       as the touch of the media heat glistens across the 
            sweetest expanse of her skin.

       All the youthful expressions, dying
       in the wind, and us, all alone, watching 
       the sadness quiver amid the grasses.
               Freedom with it's head hung low, 
               knowledge with no seductions, ashes
         defiling the wood. 
    No union in the tribe, ropes hanging for the necks,
    garnishes beautifying each plate, served up by the 
        children scorching themselves with the screen.

  There are weeping eyes waiting for the engine to cease it's     
     steam, waiting for an embrace, and remembrance,
      and comfort, and hope. 
    there are reasons to hold onto each word as if it
         was the treasure of all kings. 

   There are piles of books,
                and love in every lie.
Birth sign: Cancer
Date created: 2004-06-28 13:24:17
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:40
Poem ID: 70246

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