you were always there
sitting in the study
rainy window pane eye sockets
persistently looking past me
like i was just someone who died
a year ago and came back to visit you
from the grave
a spirit you could save
or shove in the right direction
you were always there
presenting the necklace
like it were strung with pearls of air
like someone didnt pay
6 weeks of pay checks on it
just so some men half a world away could
walk on ocean beds
and crack the skulls
of those chattering heads
of the sea.
for each and
every bead
wrapped around your neck
ms. fleming,
you'd do well
to-
...forget that
and all other things
if i could just
have an inch of your time and gaze
i may not be this wicked
astral projection
your aversions
have yielded to my name
no i might be something else
like a guardian angel
who picks up rusty tacks
and puts out your cigarettes
who pulls up your covers
and presses lips to your cheeks
oh i could be this all
if you would for once look when i called
'susan fleming
if you can be a
pleasant host
i can be
a friendly ghost.'
Sep 16, 2010
Sep 16, 2010 at 9:35 PM UTC
you were always there
sitting in the study
rainy window pane eye sockets
persistently looking past me
like i was just someone who died
a year ago and came back to visit you
from the grave
a spirit you could save
or shove in the right direction
you were always there
presenting the necklace
like it were strung with pearls of air
like someone didnt pay
6 weeks of pay checks on it
just so some men half a world away could
walk on ocean beds
and crack the skulls
of those chattering heads
of the sea.
for each and
every bead
wrapped around your neck
ms. fleming,
you'd do well
to-
...forget that
and all other things
if i could just
have an inch of your time and gaze
i may not be this wicked
astral projection
your aversions
have yielded to my name
no i might be something else
like a guardian angel
who picks up rusty tacks
and puts out your cigarettes
who pulls up your covers
and presses lips to your cheeks
oh i could be this all
if you would for once look when i called
'susan fleming
if you can be a
pleasant host
i can be
a friendly ghost.'
Copyright 2009
an ode to the photograph of a girl, who lived almost a hundred years ago
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/323548786_e004b47ed1_o.jpg