Friday, April 11, 2008

Alexandra and Olievert - homage to Whitman

Golden Rod Mornings, life within swaying grass,

walking through the field with lovers,

holding hands and smiling to one another.


I sip coffee at the bar, they watch orbs dance and smile

tv offers no news about the war in Iraq/I ran

so far away, and seagulls flap away.


Strawberries nailed to the plaster wall,

Olievert and Alexandra are two places I wish to be

No fields to travel, no chocobos to climb upon,

Caverns and crayons filled without water and wear,

I need not that touch, but the material that burns the cloth

black mages and white skies summoning Bahamut within

the endless seas reach around the world to back home

where you lie in my arms.


Necking is a terrible form of anatomy.


A single drop splashing along the dead waves

of the moonlit sea, formed in the ways of the night.

Grass and leaves float down from trees leaving on

limbs to climb on and hold tight to.


Think are beautiful, believe in the mirror

that lies here and there, its crevices filled

with doubt and care of the limbless phantom,

watching over you and waving back and forth,

no leaves to hide beneath, only artificial wind created,

fused to the bathtub with lye and vinegar, 12 monkeys

dance on with me and you under the moonlit sea,

Shiva stretches her arms for us.


The place I will return to someday lies locked

in a broom closet, tumbled about and held tightly

groaning and moaning seeking and searing kissing and wishing

I can not hold on much longer...


Fields freak out at the sight of sun, but you

but you my dear... you smile serene lips and I

reach out a hand to grasp hold the simple task of you

lye not with me but only to me, and I shall forever

never forsake you.


Alexandra is a home, built on rumble and rhyme,

deep Texans and butchers hold no d'jinn here, but only

the lonely find me at home. A hospital room

is painted white so the lovers will only see their reflection

in it is the lye of the dream, my dear, my dear Olievert

lies in my bed, the sheet scattered over her body,

and moonlit room hid all that I wanted to see.


I slept on the couch that night.


I climbed the crying mountain to meet the Dolly

llama, isn't that enough to keep it in my bed with us

but the nights are cold and I need a comfort-her.


That thing called a speed limit ya suppose to break it.


My couch is hard and lumpy but she loved it

when we lie and watch the sinful movies of the woman

cheating on her husband and watching him die.

I haven't seen porn in weeks...


and she is ready to cry.


I want to lie in my golden rod meadows again

and see the morning rise in the distance, her hand in mine

and mine in hers

and I slept through the night with her on me chest

half way from head to toe, but cloths aren't scattered

only seeds of strawberries.

Her nails were done with them and I thought the color beautiful,

so I let it be and lied down for more.


I want to be in Alexandra again, the bears and rabbits watching me

A dolly llama asking me for advice

on a box with nothing in it

but I give it nevertheless

and the sea of the moonlit cavern and crayon flows

the sheets scattered on her nude body

and I stand in the door way, a shadow on the field of play,

where I want be forever

never forsake you.


And she is ready to cry.

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