its all one big puddle
in the middle of my mind
heartbreaking state of things
breathtaking stage of things
strange plan or plague of things
city skyline where the wet moon perches in night
churches
and the rain preaches
pulsating puddle of city creatures
run and flee fast flowing streets
no dry hats
pure puddle of deconstruction, where the fat clouds gather
together
gangs of gray donkeys stomping down the moon
gray curtains, gray windows, pounding gray drip-drop rhythms
deep fuzzy puzzle of puddle
dry-hump trash-dump downpour city of dirt angel refugees, i
pray you a puddle
all night i sing you a puddle song
o pig, o hog
o swine
ham sandwich divine
square root of all puddles
nose deep blowing bubbles
you are buddha beautiful
i sink
i swoon
i drink
i bloom
i think we might float bloated corpse to the moon
o sweet marinating meat of my bacon heartstrings, let us
play puddle games
bring all the rain in the world, ocean my puddle
give it the broth and boil of cities and trains
people and their breathtaking heartbreaking things
slick shimmering rainbows of wet motor oil
give it little licks of headlight and streetlamp
and concrete glitter
i jump
muddy feet and mud-pumping heart
i jump
all my water-weight, all my membranes bursting
unearthing
jump right to the pork soda in the middle
explode into a holy splash
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i really like the crazy format of the poem, like one happy romp in the rain through big puddles. :)
ReplyDeleteA jumbled collaboration of thoughts, random yet a collective. Kind of how my mind works sometimes.
ReplyDeleteA most delightful muddle (a term of endearment here) of a puddle of a poem.
ReplyDeletethank you helen!
DeleteYou certainly have a way with imagery and structure, the same goes for play on words... an interesting read.
ReplyDeletethank you magaly, so glad you enjoyed this
DeleteGorgeous:
ReplyDelete“where the wet moon perches in night churches
and the rain preaches ...
pure puddle of deconstruction ...
deep fuzzy puzzle of puddle ...
square root of all puddles
nose deep blowing bubbles ...
i sink
i swoon
i drink
i bloom ...”
hey! haven't seen seen you around in awhile, how are you? have you been doing any writing? if your blogs is back up let me know
DeleteMostly just reading. I check in regularly here to see what you’re up to.
Deletecool. well, i wish you would put your blog back up, i'd love to read more
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DeleteOh, how I love your ways with words! And ideas. And images. And emotions. That final splash is a wonderful culmination you led us to with increasing joy.
ReplyDeletethank you rosemary, i appreciate your thought on this.
DeleteOH what goes on! I love the wet moon perched on night church but then the psychedelic took hold.
ReplyDeletehaving a hard time understanding your comment, what i take from this is you liked the opening, but didn't like anything after that, is that correct? thanks for sharing your thoughts on this
Deletelistening to Hania Rani while reading this. the energy fits ~
ReplyDeleteThe intensity is dialed up to 9 here. I find myself mesmerized by the word play and way the mood bounces and shifts, the same way the colors reflected in an oil slicked puddle do.
ReplyDeleteMuddy feet, a seemingly simple title yet so much can be drawn out from a puddle. You are a skilled writer; I love the flow of your poem and wordplay.
ReplyDeleteA porcine sonata, and I can't tell which of us are swine and which divine, but as for me, I'll hang with the real, mud-loving,bubble blowing pigs. Pork soda is an awesome, awesome image, an overturning of tropes, and the mood seems both benign at times and frenzied, which might be attributed to the human swine influence. I'm seeing urban chaos, corruption,".. people and their breathtaking heartbreaking things.." all muddled with finding the way back to something as simple as muddy feet, puddles and no answers more than that to be enough. I may not have got this right, phillip, but I did enjoy it. Your words never stop dancing.
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