January 11, 2005

Do You Remember Me?

In one of my more astute moments
everything became an arm
and anything could sink into it:
rivers, stones, banks, virgins.

As music fell into the arm
what was left of its notes
deflated, though songs
still hummed their colours.

Rhythm was the next to go.
dancers still danced, a pickup
still played the radio.

When smell finally descended into the arm
It did so alone, and walked backward, breathing
into the nostrils above, the nest of hairs picking up
the signals everything left behind.

Posted by matty-b at January 11, 2005 11:02 PM
Comments

Oh, I read this already. Is it a poem? (???) Mwahhhahahahahaha! gah.

Posted by: Joy at January 11, 2005 11:36 PM

!!

wish we had published that one.
damnit.

Posted by: caroline at January 12, 2005 1:49 AM

haha. I took about three minutes of my time and tried to come up with something convoluted and "sensory" enough to speak of the devil's hair-balling tongue on a Wednesday afternoon between 3 and 4 pm.

Posted by: matt at January 12, 2005 11:53 PM