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15 April 2008

You know summer's here when...

.. 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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22 comments:

  1. Smokin JoeMonday, 14 April 2008 at 16:23:00 GMT+5:30

    After the love, am waiting for the advice :-)

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  2. Sine Qua NonMonday, 14 April 2008 at 16:24:00 GMT+5:30

    nice :) i always like the greyness between poetry and prose.

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  3. AnonymousMonday, 14 April 2008 at 16:25:00 GMT+5:30

    nice poem lil eM. Really nice.

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  4. nrynMonday, 14 April 2008 at 16:50:00 GMT+5:30

    Struck a chord with me eM. Nice :-)

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  5. AnonymousMonday, 14 April 2008 at 21:03:00 GMT+5:30

    sweeeet!

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  6. AnonymousMonday, 14 April 2008 at 21:21:00 GMT+5:30

    how long since last got laid?

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  7. DLMonday, 14 April 2008 at 22:37:00 GMT+5:30

    woot...!

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  8. ShrutiTuesday, 15 April 2008 at 00:09:00 GMT+5:30

    i read your previous poems and thot u were way better with prose but this one made me change my mind....good one!

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  9. AnonymousTuesday, 15 April 2008 at 08:33:00 GMT+5:30

    not bad for somebody who writes prose....guys... imagine this as a video by j lo or beyonce and it gets even better

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  10. Karishma VPTuesday, 15 April 2008 at 10:32:00 GMT+5:30

    Brilliant...

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  11. AnonymousTuesday, 15 April 2008 at 11:22:00 GMT+5:30

    It 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??

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  12. AnonymousTuesday, 15 April 2008 at 13:01:00 GMT+5:30

    i like... a lot...

    (i'm ellipses-obssessed)

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  13. SamTuesday, 15 April 2008 at 15:50:00 GMT+5:30

    good play of words!!

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  14. AnonymousTuesday, 15 April 2008 at 21:37:00 GMT+5:30

    Where is the advice post? I was looking forward to a good read lol

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  15. AnonymousWednesday, 16 April 2008 at 08:44:00 GMT+5:30

    Em

    To your Silent Partner?..

    or Silent movement or Renaissance..which?/

    Certainly need advice

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  16. AnonymousWednesday, 16 April 2008 at 11:21:00 GMT+5:30

    And ... do you still think that you can get all desired love in this selfish world !!!

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  17. Life means so much to me!!!!!!!!!Wednesday, 16 April 2008 at 11:57:00 GMT+5:30

    i like your views and by d way nice greyness btw prose and poetry

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  18. AnonymousWednesday, 16 April 2008 at 12:01:00 GMT+5:30

    hope love finds ya!


    cheers
    s

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  19. AnonymousSaturday, 19 April 2008 at 12:12:00 GMT+5:30

    Nice.. But dammit, you've now made me yearn for my boyfriend who is in Chennai - 2095 kilometers away.. (just googled it!) :(

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  20. AnonymousWednesday, 23 April 2008 at 01:42:00 GMT+5:30

    I'm usually pro-rhyme, but this was lovely.. And yes, "love me especially with cummings" strikes a chord..

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  21. AnonymousWednesday, 30 April 2008 at 16:13:00 GMT+5:30

    loved it absolutely! :) you are just awesome with words :)

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  22. svetyWednesday, 7 May 2008 at 12:52:00 GMT+5:30

    awesome...am a first time visitor here...will come back...and, I completely agree...

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