Friday, March 09, 2007

Cleopatra

he takes me between his fingertips
and words me,
girls,
he sure knows how to word me


wears that stumble proudly
and dances me,
boy,
he sure knows how to dance me


predicts the future with bay laurel
and reads me,
girls,
he sure knows how to read me


turns his gaze from me
and leaves me,
boy,
he sure knows how to leave me
down and noble

7 comments:

Penny Lane said...

I love that expression

"He sure knows how to word me."

Stunning, beautiful

Lorne Roberts said...

whoever he is, i say dump him. he sounds like a literate jerk, imho.

(and you know i say this only b/c i respect and admire you!).

date a prince, instead.

Ryan K said...

Lyrical, lovely.

I disagree with Wolfy, this guy sounds like a first rate lover, it's a shame to have to dump someone who knows how to dance you.

TheBlueMask said...

I`d like to hear his side of the poem before I pass any judgement ;)

cara said...

An excerpt (modified a wee bit) from the "Paper Bag Princess" by Robert Munsch:

"Ronald" said Elizabeth, "your words are really pretty and your hair is really neat. You sound like a real prince, but you are a bum."
They didn't get married after all.

cara said...

A person can be everything to you, while you are nothing to them.
Positionality is everything.
I think what is important is how we treat another person when this is the case, that is what seperates out the princes from the bums.

Okay ,now I'm going to put my clothes back on.

TheBlueMask said...

lol, no don`t. You fare better exposed.