08/30/2007 (1:52 pm)
Left
bracelet here on my left wrist tight
brightly shining circles around
repetition of rings _ spiral
endless rhythmic geometry
leaves an impression
you touch to examine
coffee-cup stains on the table
sugar spilling over the edge
dancing free with gravity _ pulled
down while memory replays each
missed opportunity …
in imagination I turn
I turn _ left into light-striped dark
covet earth and air _ listening
frightened by fickle chemistry
hesitation here
left speechless
between beginning and beginning
tongues as catalyst _ a stirring
hidden under many layers
this exothermic reaction
in three heartbeats from your three steps
in this direction of …
leaving _ without a farewell
closure so cruelly _ withheld
here lingers a masochistic itch
of missing _ and of wanting
to fall _ to fall down
to recall the physics
remembering only linguistics
your words there never dissolving
I am left infinite-anti-
cipation-addicted to our
conversation to be continued …
08/30/2007 (1:06 pm)
Meat
I am preparing a male impersonation act, and what better subject to include than meat. I over heard a fellow rugby player talking, and he has inspired me to write a little something on Meat:
I like my meat real thick:
you know,
like one-and-a-half or two inches thick. Mmm.
And I like it pink:
you know, oh yeah,
seared goodness on the outside,
but rare, raw and tender on the inside,
there, you know, right in the middle.
Oh, and I like it hot:
you know,
flaming hot, ooo,
with all those juices running down!
And I like it really spicy:
fiery flavour, oh yeah,
tasty tasty tasty!
gimme some of that salt-and-pepper,
if you know what I mean.
But, you know,
I especially like my meat jerked,
oh yeah,
and some of those other rubs are real nice too.
I do love my meat. Mmm, mmm!
08/15/2007 (6:51 pm)
Comment ça va?
| Grands yeux châtain clair, |
| je les tiens de ma mère. |
| Ici, dessus l’oeil droit surveille |
| la cicatrice-haricot |
| que j’ai reçue de mon père. |
| … seul souvenir d’la’tite table |
| de salon |
| et de la maison |
| avec peu de gazon |
| mai’tant de rhubarb: |
| aigre-aigre, trempé en sucre … |
| et des belles jambes en jupe |
| faisant la soupe |
| chaussures à talon. |
| Gnôle coulant, |
| l’orage ne se cache plus: |
| bagarre, lutte, |
| gendarme, gouttes, |
| bouteille de bière cassée, |
| sa grise mine tranchée. |
| Grands yeux châtain clair |
| se souviennent |
| de ma mère, scalpée |
| de sa queue de cheval arrachée |
| mise dans le coffre-fort, doucement enfermée, |
| de mon Grand-père disant: |
| «Ne le reprend jamais» |
| de cette cicatrice ronde recouverte de cheveux, |
| toutefois intériorisée - |
| mes yeux savent toujours exactement où elle est. |
| Grands yeux châtain clair |
| regardent la cicatrice-chemin-de-fer |
| qui traverse le plein visage du |
| Monstre qui me possédait il y a plus que 30 ans, |
| Cauchemar, ne reviens pas, ne reviens pas, |
| comme la peur, comme la saveur |
| de larmes dans la gorge, |
| … ce coeur d’acier reste froid |
| malgré la chaleur de haine de mon corps-forge; |
| malgré ton sang dans mes veines, |
| malgré ton nom de famille lié à le mien, |
| entre la mémoire et l’oubli - |
| je ne suis jamais ta fille. |
| Et voilà, par hasard tu es ici |
| … me demandant, «Comment ça va?» |
| Étranger, je te réponds: «Ça va bien, merci.» |