it doesn’t matter that she is blank
to you
i see her
scribbled in fine
point
so many want her
temptation
I am not alone
in this I have thought
about her since
childhood
so many have had her
some by accident
or not – no matter –
when she craves
a taste of you
she will have you
some do not want her
cold caress
stealing their breath
but others – like me
flirt with her heavy
want
zero our rifles
just enough
to taste silver
before
Starved out of politeness, cockroach-kicked feet
walk across a blue night.
My lungs are stuck together, breathing in
radiation from the hot air
blown in my face.
The people, the people glow
white teeth at every camera. I see
the teapot boiling,
steam rising,
whistle blowing….
my ears ring out electric chords,
far from the classic, ghostly shadow
that sprawl across my nerves
when they start to shiver.
They eat very little,
or a lot, or they drink
or not,
or they lie and mispronounce their own
names on purpose and move around mountains
blending in with the tones of the town.
These people seem largely designed, I
walk on needles. I am little and not
proportionate. I dream about
ages, and eggs and other meals
that are not enough on their own.
Is anyone? Enough with just their teeth and
their camera and light?
“She’s only crazy,” says my mother.
And the hills are long monsters leaking
into my brain. I’m dizzy
and distorted. This image.
This image set up in sanity, or not.
Lindsey, in perfect fifths,
let’s shatter the veil
between worlds.
The universe is sold out,
but your bridge is precise
and the dead watch your maple
neckline
while I anesthetize myself
in words.
Your snakewood grows on dried gut,
I am glued to paper –
We are limited in time;
in stranded worlds.
Let’s shatter the veil
and bring them together.
I am currently seeking bloggers to write a review of my small collection of poetry, Some Things Ache In The Dark, that’s just been released through Writing Knights Press.
If you are interested, please email me at: maggiemaeijustsaythis@gmail.com with a link to your blog!
Thanks everyone ❤
XOXOXO
~MM
Some Things Ache In The Dark was made available today for $5.00 at http://store.writingknights.com/2013/0043-3043.html. HUGE HUGE Thank you to Azriel Johnson, founder/director, at Writing Knights Press for the opportunity to make available a small collection of
my poetry, (which is my life)!!!
Also, another HUGE thank you to Doug Alan for the amazing book cover! He is a fantastic artist and I couldn’t be more happy with the cover,
and, OF COURSE, thank you to every single reader!!
XOXOXO
~ Maggie Mae
Hey everyone,
I’ve been waiting FOREVER to tell you all that my first chapbook, Some Things Ache in The Dark, is being printed!! It is going to be available VERY, VERY soon!!
I cannot tell you all how truly grateful I am for the continuous support and suggestions and guidance from sooo many of you! You guys are fabulous people and I love getting to know those of you who I’ve had the opportunity to get to know.
For those of you interested, I’m going to have the links up just as soon as they are up on Writing Knights Press website!!!
XOXOXO
~MM
This old house,
this old skeleton home
stands as cold as a gravestone.
I once stood warm in the middle,
on soft ground,
on proud carpet
and let the seams out,
unravelling my solid foundation.
My blood didn’t mix well.
It was dry gin,
a steady confrontation
within.
These old thoughts,
these moldy walls,
we’ve sunk deep.
It hasn’t slept since I left.
I chose to be deaf.
I chose this aloneness,
a silent voice sipping on charcoal,
dreaming about a house
that once was a home.
Oh, poor house.
Your empty threshold is tempting but,
now I know,
I have shed you,
and my boiling red blood has
calmed to blue.
I do not miss you.
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