Pink polka dots
on soft blue cotton top.
About twenty and
thin as anything.
Broke pieces of laugh
and snatched glances.
From Moseley
to St George's
where her mother
cups her elbows
in grey hands
pressing her
outside into warm air.
Density.
Appreciate the memory of the ancient see-sawing Englysshe "broken back" or balancing line, in this:
ReplyDeletePink polka dots
on soft blue cotton top.
About twenty and
thin as anything.
Broke pieces of laugh
and snatched glances...
The stops and pauses, very finely handled there.
I'm partial to polka dots. And pink.
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Tom, glad you appreciate this. The breaks came a little later this time. Shifted about on the screen. Almost didn't run with the enjambments in the third and fifth lines.
Torn between cranial extension and cranial reduction....
ReplyDeleteCranial reduction is a process long since underway here. Every day, in every way...
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