.. you write poetry bemoaning your lack of a love life to a mythical person who may not even exist. But still, I quite like this. Not quite poetry, not quite prose.
Love me wordlessly.
Love me with hot moistness under a noisy fan.
Love me so that I am without language, without communicating.
Love me so I am silent.
Love me so I am loud.
Love me at the pit of my belly and the dent of my back.
Love me into knots.
Love me into a straight line, toes unfurled.
Love me with Blake and Eliot and cummings.
Love me especially with cummings.
Love me so that I forget.
Love me so that I remember.
Love me into you, crawled into the space between your lungs, beating.
Love me into smoke, vapours, thin air.
Love me into thick air and fire, so I explode into flames.
Love me.
(And a little later today, the first (and perhaps the only!) installment of I Can Give People Advice. Stay tuned.)
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After the love, am waiting for the advice :-)
ReplyDeletenice :) i always like the greyness between poetry and prose.
ReplyDeletenice poem lil eM. Really nice.
ReplyDeleteStruck a chord with me eM. Nice :-)
ReplyDeletesweeeet!
ReplyDeletehow long since last got laid?
ReplyDeletewoot...!
ReplyDeletei read your previous poems and thot u were way better with prose but this one made me change my mind....good one!
ReplyDeletenot bad for somebody who writes prose....guys... imagine this as a video by j lo or beyonce and it gets even better
ReplyDeleteBrilliant...
ReplyDeleteIt made nice reading first, but when I re-read it, I felt that it plainly shows you are yearning for sex! Go, get a life!! And, what happened to the advice??
ReplyDeletei like... a lot...
ReplyDelete(i'm ellipses-obssessed)
good play of words!!
ReplyDeleteWhere is the advice post? I was looking forward to a good read lol
ReplyDeleteEm
ReplyDeleteTo your Silent Partner?..
or Silent movement or Renaissance..which?/
Certainly need advice
And ... do you still think that you can get all desired love in this selfish world !!!
ReplyDeletei like your views and by d way nice greyness btw prose and poetry
ReplyDeletehope love finds ya!
ReplyDeletecheers
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Nice.. But dammit, you've now made me yearn for my boyfriend who is in Chennai - 2095 kilometers away.. (just googled it!) :(
ReplyDeleteI'm usually pro-rhyme, but this was lovely.. And yes, "love me especially with cummings" strikes a chord..
ReplyDeleteloved it absolutely! :) you are just awesome with words :)
ReplyDeleteawesome...am a first time visitor here...will come back...and, I completely agree...
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