the hot day
in june
on the foggy
couch
your humid
skin tasted salt
as you taught
me to dive
into the
stratosphere
without dying
you would
not be quiet
telling me
the sea is
the only enduring thing
flowing
neuroses would
not kill us
our bodies
wouldn’t stiffen
and i drank
your wine
ruthlessly
intoxicated
time after entropy
hearing the
rattle of machine guns
outside
town
falling
snow mutes sound outside
and when a
shell explodes a couple of blocks away
the blast sends
shockwaves
into
your skin
and primal harmonies
not even spiced
wine, warm cinnamon can
bring back
the colour on your costly features
as carbon acid
snow falls over frozen defense positions
and the matchstick
men
sink into
the night
there is a
place past entropy
in the center
where amber
lantern casts its glow
shadows alive
the sap rises
here we
rest while
bumblebees and
gnats hoover
over our
subterranean bodies
wine synthesis
of
spider web
dew and bodily fluids
brewing
© Anders Enochsson
11 comments:
Superb poem! Dynamic as always. The images are strong and impossible to escape. The poem feels like a primal scream.
I want to drink that strange drink! So very good!
You're so kind Lise! :)
Thanks Jenny! I am very glad you liked it! :)
Oh, hard rock poems I always had a spot for. Not soft, but a spot definitely.
Wow!
Such strong imagery.
i didn't mean i did not like this poem! I really think it was wonderful. Edgy and raw in a nice way.
Elaine, thank you for the comments. PO, haha no hard feelings!
I don't understand the 'no hard feelings. ? Its a really good poem; It feels seductive, romantic & gritty all at once, and the more I read it, the more it shows me it's own rhythm. Best read aloud..
Elaine, I think PO seemed anxious about his comments, perhaps he thought I was insulted by his comment since I didn’t answer. I just didn't have the time just then. And of course, i wasn't insulted.
Thanks for the explanation... sometimes cultural understanding is a little different in understanding comments/ all round/ not just here. This poem gets juicier every time I return; I think I need to print it out and continue to watch it.
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