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London Bridge
With a cold
The railroad track
The mountain
To my level
From a high
The wall
The water fountain
The itsy-bitsy spider
The shit-storm
Bitter rain
Off a high horse
What goes up
must (we know) again
Like a bolt
Hard and fast
With my foot
“Thou shalt not pass”
A castle on sand
An aisle, hand-in-hand
* Thanks, Julie P. (squished witch, headlights, searchlight, trashcan rainbow, wedding train), David K. (rail tracks, cobbled road, stone tunnel) Abel T. (punch torrent), Julie A-G (jellyfish), & Katharina Salzbrunn / the whydochildrensteal blog (rectangle division) for making this collage full.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm getting a stomach flu, time to collect downward directional metaphors in a bucket … because you know I'm not really “coming down” with the flu. I'm just sitting here while it's spreading through.
ReplyDelete[yes, you can read in that this is also a comment about the marriage equality decision that the supreme court is still dicking around on. But honestly, I didn't see that opening until I was writing the last two lines ... though, when I saw it, I came down on it hard and fast] – 3 April 2013
I'm sorry if this is a weird way to start off, but while I was reading your poem I was listening to the soundtrack from How to Train Your Dragon, which made me reflect on the cyclical nature of life and the ups and downs that it takes. From what I saw in your poem the harsh realities of life are coupled with the fantasies that we all indulge in. The references to Lord of The Rings gives it an element of fantasy at the end, but also makes me think of the gate keeper at purgatory waiting for judgment. To me the flowing nature of the poem as well as the duality in its images are meant to remind us that life goes on no matter what, like a creek or a dragon in flight, but even when we're at our peak and we get nocked down, the ones you love are waiting at the end.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting and I really enjoyed your work
Nick D