ShE sAid sHe saId
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 The Book of Possibilities |
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No
she said
I dream stories
colours?
yes
the scent of them & me
in lemon yellow ochres
warm like it's over
ii
To alienate you
she said
all I have to do is
mention blood in polite conversation
& tell you I like to keep
it
close
to me at all times
(she could have said more but was already afraid
she'd admitted too much)
iii
big ball of secrets
thick hairball of stomach
in the net flesh to walls with
visceral
superstrings
synopsis of fear with
love of life
I'll
sing to the sky
when I'm certain
of privacy
iv
to keep
G
U
L(peripheral hearing)
F
to keep
to
keep
I heard you she said she said
to keep
to keep
to keep
v
fingers
(mine)
on her face
feel her feathers
(features)
like
a blind thing
(groping for red)
vi
she -
steps out of knee lock just
to sink past thigh
was there another way through the swamp?
vii
insult was her opener
so typical for a crazy feminist
she said
just like anyone who believes in nothing
but nothing
she said
you're one of those who
she said
(speech as weaponry pen not mightier
but in fact a sword)
as talking became combat
the room
was
(silent)
viii
she said:
it's my ticket out of here it's my get it right get it right it's my finally seen the light after so many failures my getting right getting right out
she said:
ix
Si ti yas I sa si ti.
(she said)
x
he hates women
patriarchical mastadon man
full of no sense of
more than a waste of my
so fucking glad I listened because now I know never to
again
should be muzzled
(and I thought
he's so very generous loves listening insights &copious
knowledge
no fair to
bu -)
xi
more uncomfortable with
herself
than anyone would be with her
xii
sense sense
control
bring me
take
what I -
what twists like a belch of smoke
as the word slips
from meaning
out
of language?
xiii
she said he said he saw she saw he said she saw
she said she saw he said she said he saw
laughter she said he saw he heard she said he said
she saw she heard she said and then -
xiv
When she spoke to the telephone
Her voice would slide
Until she was ten but precocious
Full of other people's words
Saying uh huh oops
Then
I hear you she'd say
Yeah yeah yeah like an old greek
Super neat
Who did that come from?
xv
luh
oh
ehr
mmmsh
su
uhn
A POEM by Jen Frankel. Use the search engine at the top to learn more about Frankel. OR CLICK HERE and read her BIO!
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