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by Poet on the Piano   Oct 2, 2013


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i am not punctuation, for punctuation has meaning
and there are only a few writers who steep inside
teacups, using steam as spots to breathe words-
purposeless but a comfort when frost crawls up their
kneecaps.

i am the dots in between, not polka dots and ladybugs
no, i am the particle that fills itself with air. i don't fly,
i am not a balloon, i am not infinity.....

and the tension, the damn tension of listening to
the words bark and the voices belt when all i desire
is to be nowhere, instead of mismatched
between journals where i change indefinitely-

a poem never satisfied until there is morbid
peace, the kind of contradictions no one
lives for.

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Written 10/02/13

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  • 11 years ago

    by Jenni Marie

    I love this!

    Starting with a "." and then claiming not to be punctuation, yet immediately using punctuation after stating this, I found this both interesting and unique.

    "i am the dots in between, not polka dots and ladybugs "

    This made me smile, I just got this visual in my head of you saying this out loud, and in such a sarcastic way, and it's even better now I can hear your voice saying it in that gorgeous accent of yours!

    Love the mention of steam and teapots-I'm noticing a theme with this and wonder if it means something personal to you metaphorically?

    Your last few lines have me wondering if this poem you refer to with "a poem never satisfied until there is morbid peace" is actually yourself? Especially when I combine the following line with some of your other recent poems.

    I might be way off there but found it interesting to read this immediately after reading "fidgeting with dreams" -Which I will comment soon!

    I love how you can take absolutely anything and turn it into beautiful art, your mind amazes me!

  • 11 years ago

    by Redangelwings

    Ok. This is a very good poem and I like how you didn't use puncuation throughout the poem per say. At least not until the end of each stanza. I thought that really was unique and that really got your point acrossed here. I like how you kinda stated a message to someone or seemed to. I think I am not sure and I could be wayyy off but maybe you are stating that you are not perfect and you are telling someone that. My thoughts go back to the you are not a balloon line.

    The idea of flying free is great yet are mostly impossible. We can use our imagination to do anything we want to. Or the title I saw said articles which means a magazine or newspaper maybe. It's kinda confusing lol. But it's probably some kind od writing as you mention punctuation and journals. I like this though. You are a great writer.