start with the bed

by Elisa Hinson - Aquarius


     
                         My bed
                 black             and
              white                  nude
            photos                      of 
           a                             girl
         I                                 knew
       before                                 I
      knew                                      him

                      my windowsill
                      my headboard

pic of my girl's        pic of me          pic of my best
first art show          skydiving       friend @ her wedding
             
               a shot glass from South Padre

                      my nightstand
                          holds

                         a lamp
                     w          s
                      i        t
                     t          r
                      h          i
                                n
                              g
                            s

                  of mardi gras beads
                       A Bible
                    and a Mexican
                         pot
                   full of toe rings
this side                                  this side
of my room                                 of my room
has my closet                             has my props
door                                        dresser

my hope chest                                housing
filled with                                clothes and
old                                         various odds
blankets                                   and ends
knitted by my                               from my last
great granny                               job
                                              
and a master                                   on top
bath                                          of it are
i use rarely                                 candles and
except                                      a lava lamp
to seduce                                      a Jordan
the odd girl                                Knight doll
at a party                                 my best friends  
                                              boyfriend
a map of                                  gave me as a joke
Mexico
hangs on the                                 my computer
wall                                           my web cam
over a table                                     my mic
covered                                        come next   
in a thousand                               placed on a desk
tiny                                      with candles
magnetic                                       chocolate
words                                      covered  coffee
                                              coffee beans
a frightening                              and a feathered
mexican woman                             tiara beaming
string puppet                               Happy New Year's
hanging
face toward the
wall above
it


                        this wall
                         sports                
                         

                         magnolia
                         gasoline

                 blue             phillips
                sonoco               66
                         white    
            sinclair      rose        black hawk
          dinosaur                       gasoline

              flying A             gilmore
               gasoline            blue green

                           mobil
                                        
                          stickers
                        arranged in an  
                        eight petaled 
                        flower pattern

there is a table upon which sits
           my two
sacred wooden boxes
   both of which hold
my mothers Bible
a grief Bible
pictures of my son
hospital wristbands
a letter from my brother
in rehab
a flattened out rose
and a receipt from
the mexican dentist
i go to when
my teeth get bad
                         and on top of that
                            a shelf which holds
                         photo albums
                            which hold
                               photos
                      but none of the ones that i stole

                hanging above the shelf
             are necklaces and bracelets
                strung up on push pins
                  by the door
                    as i most often get
               dressed while heading out
             jewelry a decoration
               i where more as an
                   afterthought
 
                 most of it i made myself

  and next to that
                      my door
                   which does nothing
                      much
                   but open in
                      or shut
                    out
                      depending
                         on
                      who
                          you
                      are

Reason for writing:

    just having some fun...    

Birth sign: Aquarius
Date created: 2005-02-01 15:48:58
Last updated: 2021-04-14 17:18:16
Poem ID: 70532

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