"nitrile" poems
hair tied with
a nitrile glove cuff
carved a sacred space adorned with muffled tile
porcelain throne pod amongst the ruckus
hohumdrum gods stampeding towards
a visionary empty meeting with screens
greeted with massed bodies, butter, and dust
the divine light behind the porthole still shines
even as crowds continually shuffle forwards
backwards and past, that bouquet of projection rays
remains sheening with eye to light machè heaven
until thunderous overstrokes over indulge and begin
to over and undertone every feather upon ears
resignation of a certain kingship upon standing
and yet wealth of ethic remains demanding
so, stand.
Jul 1, 2022
Jul 1, 2022 at 5:17 AM UTC
ingredients were chopped
cleanly, neatly
with care
cutting tools were pre-sterilized
and pre-packaged
then wiped clean after use
he arrived in blue scrubs
and donned blue nitrile gloves
for mutual protection
it had been a while for her
her nails were long
she sat in an easy chair
with her feet up on an ottoman
a towel was spread before he began
to make clean up easier
the scent of an alcohol wipe
wafted as he worked
little did he know
we would finish what he started
after he left we gathered up the clippings
thick and fungal
we put them in a *** to boil
with sautéed celery, onions and seasonings
salt and pepper to taste
hmmmmm...delicious, home made
toe nail soup!
Dec 7, 2011
Dec 7, 2011 at 1:42 PM UTC
Self-Examination
Check your vitals
Snap the Nitrile
Up to the elbow
we're gonna stretch and
pull the protector down.
Play an Avant-garde film
no sound, but
I noticed
you spoke it
credits were rolling'
down your cheek
nothing certain but death and taxes
left handed laughing' laxatives
In the coffee of mothers
Who pump out politicians.
This year You scavenged for Christmas
a life worth living
by killing intuition
stash it
in an Easter basket
in silicone lashes
push the ashes together
then burn the mattress
That's the sand.
through fingers, you make a fist
3rd grade principal
pulled you from detention
In a stretcher
white royal flush in the trenches
You fought to be human
all you needed was
a breath of attention
who said you could end it
win it, prescription of tribulations
from whatever God you'd scavenge for Christmas
he put you through it
all the abuses
habits
black and white canvas
silent obscuring angles
You're more than mannequin
who prayed for this madness
who pays for the therapist
If you even have it
who kept you out of church
And into church basements
writes the book of curses
force fed sedative
Says he went to college.
His Suit is stained in coffee
Yet you're the burden with the vices?
The film is over
the light flickers darkness
we sit in the coffin
smoking' and screaming'
blood is flowing, but there's
no fire
we're just speaking'
what happens after 3AM
witching hour that one scene
when the camera angle was
blurry.
it spoke to me
said self examination can't be
latex
you gotta s
nitrile
they're cut resistant
cover five fingers
not just one appendage.
Blue hands protect you
more than a stranger
so button your blanket
take down the black curtains
sun was always shining,
closed it
to blurry our focus
could take our Macguyver theater
wallpaper canvas stretching
hit us in the temple
like a parshah
finished another session
the blessing of human language
the messenger
malakh, without expectation
we fumble to understand
Scalpel in hand,
ventricle in tact
we're just holding' a feather pen
stick our hands in the past
take a look in the mirror
And write it all down.
https://soundcloud.com/nicholas-coulombe/self-examination
Sep 21, 2018
Sep 21, 2018 at 3:33 AM UTC
I belong to the Church of Goethe,
where on the sabbath we
remove our nitrile gloves
and ****** up our means and trends and hypothesis
to rinse them with metaphor.
coming always hungry, we feast on leavened conclusions
and look to the sky through many a lens--
having traded brushes for pens, pens for brushes
to paint and compute a new sort of hymn
and not in unison, but in harmony
sing: this is religion.
Sep 11, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 at 9:12 PM UTC
Beet crumbles clinging to the hand in mine brush off familiarly between our fingers.
A sight for sore eyes evokes memories of a time where calloused hands created palettes, wroughting elements together over the canvas of faultless white platters. The pang through my soul twinges inward at the pruneyness of my nitrile stifled hands, echoing stymed passion. I envy how you still get to curate palates wholesomely from the roots.
My watch chimes over reminiscent conversation admonishing us of our obligations.
I like to think that in another stage of another life our passions will cross again. Just as I hope it will in this one.
Jul 13, 2018
Jul 13, 2018 at 12:16 AM UTC