The Hard Husk
2010 |
1.
Cockroaches and beetles have it right the hard husk works best outside
Caught now between anxiety and yearning
Mom was kind of tone deaf Grandma was a professional musician “No, B-flat, B-flat!” This from downstairs—“How could she know?” mom thought, “she must be a witch.”
What price brilliance?
Her two tattoos include potent fertility emblems
The hard husk for us is inside
2.
He no longer cares about her frowns
As grandpa said, “What do you want from the kid?”
To truly see it we must step outside this world
Large, sad, dumb, and dirty world
To truly see it
It’s impossible,
we can’t even pretend to step outside of
of this world
You don’t know what I run from
3.
Who speaks for the silenced, the lost, the dead?
Mental refinement needn’t lead to good acts
Favor makes me bend Fear stiffens me
What if I had drowned that day in the ferocious murky ocean, 12 years old, before dad died before mom died?
Large changes shake and pull us down grief makes me cringe
Having you beside me is no substitute for love
-May 4, 2010-
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