Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Repairs

Silent
I mouth the words
now
floating on the ceiling of my room
where my fingers searched a space to seep
what awaits
me
in the morning that punctuation
leaves a mark
always spaces to be filled
a comma, a comma, a comma
my voice refuses
caught in my throat
a sharp little croup
now
drowned out
by a choir
demanding I harmonize
groceries
listed on utitlity bills I’ve yet to pay

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Silent
now
the floating
of my
punctuation
spaces to be filled
a comma, a comma, a comma
caught
a sharp little croup
drowned out
by choirs
demanding I harmonise
groceries
listed on utilities
I've yet to pay

...

Pardon my urge, but when is that writing shop gonna happen?

:)

cara said...

I pardon your urge, in fact I encourage your urge.
Writer's workSHOP

Lorne?

TheBlueMask said...

I can always relate to your ditties Cara.
You seem to put an artistic spin on the things that go by unnoticed in the daily grind.
An effeminate Tom Waits?

cara said...

bluemask:master art reinforcer.

thanks.

Lorne Roberts said...

ha. good call bluey. tom waits.

i love the line:

a comma, a comma, a comma.

and the last image, of grocery lists written on unpaid bills.