you look at me as though you would drink my blood
slice my skin with a pointed nail
“oh, if you only knew
what i could do to you right now,” you say,
then you eat me alive
my veins drip red wine
you suck the life from my pores
and drunk on the torture of love
i obey
awe-inspiring words
put together just right
cause madness
can give birth to a thousand, a million other words
if placed before the eyes
or whispered in the ear
of a maddened artist…
these words
this well-hung quote
laps up all the juices
and spits them back
into the maddening wilderness
of the writer’s mind
lift the shrouds from the faces of the dead
ghosts rise high into the night to say
life is too short to rest
but sleep well
sleep wisely
There once was a man who would flee
A store with an armful for free
He dodged the alarm
And with oodles of charm
Sent the cops on a goose-chase, yippee!
burst onto the scene
all bright smiles and glitter
you are
a thousand sparks of light
in infamous colour
an outburst of heat
all ornamentation and lust
an angel in flight
how long can you go?
the change it takes
to light up a room
is a weight in gold, my friend
and all the elegant stars
in the sky
cannot energize you
forever
will you super nova?
caught up in the air
above their heads
will you suddenly need
a safety net
god forbid
or will you just, my friend
fade away?
can’t see the future
it’s unanticipable
unqualified to speculate
can’t anticipate
what they’re going to do
do they know?
can they prognosticate?
or are they prostrate
scratching their noggins
debilitatably stuck?
ain’t got the answers
maybe neither them too
so what are we to do?
wait and see
indubitably
Yes,
there are parts of you
I’d like to claw,
and yes,
there are parts
that I’d like
to caress.
Yes,
there are parts of you
I’d like to kiss
and yes,
there are parts
I just want
to breathe in.
Yes,
I would love
to make
you mine
and yes,
I know
we’ll never
say
yes.
Linda G. Hill 