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"Comme un oeuf dansant sur un jet d'eau."

"I LOVE LOVE!" She shouted, speaking to herself in third person.

It was then that she seemed to float away

A balloon on Macy's Day.

 

*It seemed I was the only one orbiting earth,

watching those performances of daily life applauding

for a well-flipped omelet a superbly

fitted glove a full tank of gas at $4.00.*

I couldn't believe my luck

 

Terrestrially, there were husks sipping coffee

and rasping and rustling at each other

desiccated.

Privately, she was buying real estate on the moon

I LOVE LOVE! she shouted

Dancing like an egg on a spray of water

a declassified military satellite who through some dumb luck

had escaped the pull of gravity and won

Marveling at the moon rock

on her finger, even a stubbed toe just seemed

like the ideal opportunity for extorting kisses.

And it glinted in the light.

Everything was fine.

 

*Down on earth it seemed all the wine drinkers

were toasting to us cheering as we terra formed

the moon.* ***We couldn't believe our luck

as we rolled back our stone.***

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Written by
holly-salvatore
American
Published
Apr 27, 2014
Lines·Words
25·176
Notes

"Dancing like an egg on a spray of water." From Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer which I read from time to time. And suddenly this line meant something to me.

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