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 Jun 2014 James Jarrett
Diane
my voice has no freedom
thoughts rammed down
a lion's throat, my
roars rattle like a spoon
in the garbage disposal
A shallow lake off of I-95. My mouth was a water fountain. My back was arched the way my mother’s was the day she gave birth to me. My belly was round and steep like the high peaks that circled our watery bodies like branches of snakes. By the lake there were woods and in the deep mouth of those woods we lay with sweaty arms and burnt legs. You groaned as though your mouth were full of wolves. My eyes were tightly sealed. I thought mostly of my father and of the bed that I slept in when I was three years old. I thought about my grandfather’s hands, too, stained with beer and old milk. It was like I was leaving my mother’s womb all over again. Thought: this is what it will be like the day I give birth. Thought: the trees are bent at their waists the way my brother always is; he sinks into himself like ocean. Back at the lake you unwrapped a pack of cigarettes and I unwrapped my mouth, vomiting into the sand. Nobody else was there. I remember you always smelling like smoke. That entire time we were awful drivers.
Blood Orange Marmalade and Wild Blossom Honey
(a love song)

summer treats, sure,
but not of what we come to sing

no,
this a love story sung,
all about
a Sunday afternoon BBQ...

she knows I don't sleep,
cause I'm never there
when she awakens,
her worry~not~words don't soothe, sorry,
when ears are clogged
by fright and worry


so she does what
a woman does,
cooks me a meal
to soothe the
intemperate noises buried in the soil,
haunting this old soul
now on the downlo downward curve,
who wonders how
he got himself
into another
Laurel and Hardy^
fine mess...

so she will slide me into happy,
BBQ sliders will stop
the blood flow to a brain
that has not rested once all year,

she shops old fashion style,
wild blossom honey from Germany,
blood orange marmalade from where
I don't know,
to sweeten the barbie sauce,
her living loving way
(I add my salt tears right about here)

if this is not a love song,
then what is?

my ooh's exceeded by only my aah's,
music for her hearing,
far better than my poetry forlorn,
demonstrate my pleasure
bite by bite, giving her,
my love's loves delights

for she cooks love
and I write love poems
that won't be sung,
but nonetheless,
will be our shared repast
and banish temporarily all the
subterfuge gloom on a
blue green summer Sunday afternoon

if this is not a love song,
then what is?
^  http://www.stanlaurelandoliverhardy.com/nicemess.htm
 Jun 2014 James Jarrett
Lydia
The washing cycle has 13 minutes left
In those 13 minutes,
All I can do is think of you
And where you've gone
In eight and a half of those minutes,
Light will travel 93 million miles from the sun
Just to bounce off the tears on my face
Why the hell did you have to leave me?
Please comment :/
I am scared that I am dying
I have fallen so far into fantasy
That I have forgotten how to come home
I have lost my way of being
I am so scared
So stitched and sealed
That I think I’ll bare my vulnerable
And you won’t remember how to see me
But I want to
****** I want to
I want to be here
I am trying so hard to be here
To stand here
Sit here
And feel something
But it isn't coming together for me
The shards are not piecing themselves together as they should
And I am busy remembering to forget the breakdown
I can’t pinpoint when it came to this
I don’t know how to relax enough to figure this out
I want to live in this life
Be in this lifetime
Find a reason to stay here
Because I am missing it
And it scares me
And I am sorry if you love me
But, it’s so hard to stay here.
#feel #dying #fear #be #missing #stay #live #life
 Jun 2014 James Jarrett
SG Holter
Yet another tribute to all of you who write. You are the true Rock Stars of the Universe.
~
Fiddling on the Roof, as if
Throwing our common soul out
To downpour over the
Houses and streets of Anatevka, now

Abandoned. Seized by
The Tsar.
History.
Such is the soul that writes.

Tells. Thinks. Whispers of.
Records and absorbs.
Carves from Creation.
Dispenses.

Such is the soul that writes; waits
Another hour in bed in the
Morning, knowing
The Early Worm

Gets the beak first.
The Soul that writes is
The quill of the gods; angel
Feathered, timeless and part of

Everything. Say to yourselves
I will write until the only ink
I have is the black in my eye.
I'll learn to write blind from there.*

You would.

You wrote all that has
Ever been
Written.
All your doubt is a staircase for me
But the first step is the one you believe
And the second could be profound
but that doesn't matter to me
They can have the money and the world,
diamonds and pearls, all I want is to
Follow you to where forever may be
Without a doubt I'll remain by your side
And I'm not about to compromise or say goodbye
Not all of life is cruel or untrue
So don't turn it all inside of you
I'll whisper kisses in your ears
Touch you so soft and warm like falling dew
I'll confess all my love without words to you

Stare into the flame until you see past the light
I fight the sin you've carried like a corpse all these days
Let it all just fall away tonight
How far you go no one knows
You don't want to live to waste another day
Hiding in the shadow of mistakes you've made
You don't want to lose it all
But it feels like you've hit a wall
And now you feel broken and scarred
Out here nothing to you seems clear
Except the moment you decided to move
And disappear into the fear
But, you know there ain't no coming back
When you're still carrying the past
Just let me erase all the blurred lines
Leave a trail of broken pieces for me to find
I know it feels like you're breaking inside, but
I still remember like yesterday
When you had a smile on your face
and dreams in your eyes
I'm missing those days
Something has gotten in the way
And I just want to hold you up and tell you
it will be okay

Don't let your mind get so weary
Don't let your heart get so heavy
Because within you I see a strength
that just needs to be dug up like a treasure once buried
When your soul is lonely
Just don't lose your faith in me, because I know
All you've ever wanted was a place to call home
Well I'm here to shelter you and miss you when you're gone
Just speak to me so I understand your tongue
Bring what's yours and take what's mine
Just leave all the rest behind
I'm not here to stain your mind
With make believe and pretend

You can put yourself on trial over and over again
But you can't make your guilt pay for a sin
Just like you can cage an animal
But you can't take away it's rage
All I want is to be for you a gentle touch
Assuring you love is enough
I might be an angel without wings but,
I've got the pixie dust so,
All you have to do now is *believe
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