This doesn't really make up a poem, just a few poetic thoughts i suppose.
A bent, old, crooked, rickety lock.
The type of lock that can be opened.
opened
opened.
The small hands.
the big hands.
Female hands are not always beautiful.
Femininity does not guarantee us gentleness
Bulbs like the type you see on fire flies.
Flashing into your starry young eyes.
Those eyes of conformity.
and of youth.
The cold porcelain on your frozen thighs.
Matching only to your frozen breath
as your anxiety laughs and says
"...yes?"
This is so lovely. This poem is...precious.
ReplyDeleteIt feels to fragile to me while i read it that... i'm almost afraid to touch it with my fumbling hands, tripping over what to say.
The cold porcelain on your frozen thighs.
this reminds me of a project i've been thinking about since last year when i first met Piper, Kt's mannequin. Kt and i discuss mannequins as symbolic for rape victims, and when i walk through stores and see a disheveled mannequin with her chest exposed, i hurry over and cover her up, because in her opaque eyes i see her pain. so after i met piper and felt all this, i felt as though i was not quite a mannequin, who is sexy and elegant, while i felt more awkward and damaged. i feel more like a doll, particularly a porcelain doll, because they're so easily broken. this line makes me think of all beautiful innocent children being hurt beyond repair for the first time, like whathappened to you.
"Femininity does not guarantee us gentleness"
also a great line. i like the alliteration, and also the bluntness of the obvious and also somewhat unclear. if that makes sense at all lol
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ReplyDeletethank you so much molly. i'm not really wordy right now, writing this actually wore me out like a writers high and then a crash.
ReplyDeletebut though our problems are different, i'm glad this affected you.
Interesting conversation you two are having - interesting beautiful poems too.
ReplyDeleteYou both might be interested in the photographs of Hans Bellmer - a series called The Doll in English (La Poupee in French). Pretty wild stuff. Google it up.
I looked through those photos luke. They were very interesting, something I feel the need to revisit. I especially liked the beautiful round bellies that reminded me of childhood, when that type of thing was okays and adorable and admirable.
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