laws of attraction

[dredpiratebunny]

I.
i know of nothing else

once when
hands spoke to me
i had language and pulse

once when
eyes numbered less than
stars
and more illuminated

twice i danced among
the velvet of tongues
and corrosion

twice i spent a lifetime
in two years
in a barrel
in sleep and armour

three times
is not the charm they
insist it to be

it is instead the moment of
waking
that angels fear more than the dark

II.
if i had bliss
i would have stayed
but you kept peeling my eyes
the result was heavy liquid
the gravity in the jar
the weight of my hips pressed
against the floor
between you and the earth
a weary zone

do not question me of physics

i still cannot fathom how you
held the air so long.

III.
the floor,
i say.

the floor is solid and does not
caress me

it is my only answer for you
to the question that lingers
in the three blocks
of space

the question that hovers
pressed tight
between our polarities

we rotate
through solar and lunar
eclipses

and deny everything
when asked

the floor. i say.

it never keeps me.

Comments

[captain-snarky.livejournal.com]

I really like this.

[air-hadoken.livejournal.com]

So this is apropos of nothing, but I heard through the grapevine that you've relocated to where I've relocated. When you've returned from Coffeebeantown, if you get bored of solitude or stasis at home, maybe you'd want to join us at Flavor Country for a Sunday dinner or our regular Venture Brothers viewings or whatever.

Nice verse, BTW.

[dredpiratebunny.livejournal.com]

um...hi....do i know you?

[air-hadoken.livejournal.com]

Yep.

I'm Chad's girlfriend's "little" brother. Brad. The other Momberger. Moderately recent ex-boyfriend of Sorana.

Hi.

[dredpiratebunny.livejournal.com]

oh!
ok.

now it makes sense. just never saw your name here before. cool.