adjunct formations
using correct participles
indentations leading her
properly configured paragraphs
never ending a sentence with a preposition
or speaking without
proper articulation
and fluid pictures are found
covering the transparency
with remnants of childhood
patterns and textures of fabrics
tasting late season June berries
adhesive of one hundred holiday envelopes
narrow stairs creaking after midnight
the distant pack of wild coyotes
she occasionally thinks in thoughts
overwhelmed with nostalgia
in moments not yet had
reconstructing the pressure
of speaking digestible clarity
his eyes from across the crowded bar
and the tang of scotch and
soda on his lower lip
gritty slush passes the ankles
a surge of wet indifference
thrusts of air through the cochlea
almost reminiscent of harmony
light filters cyclical malaise
monochromatic hues of white noise
dodging the slack and pulling taut
nearly reaching essential altitude
chinook winds press the western walls
a hasty recollection of salvation
foliage crawling under reconstruction
slow motion frames against the sky
I used to breathe
in counting one, lengthening
and filling starved lungs
out on three, freeing my flesh of demons
clinging to my cilia
I used to sleep
ceiling to floor, cradling unconscious worry
releasing the irreverence
etched across the walls of
my sodden, swollen eyelids
I used to draw
randomly flocking, fractions of souls
shine and longing within their eyes
liberating my fingers of fret
clutching empty transformation
I used to know
much less of the workings of my mind
of the valves of my mechanical heart
the rasping and weary
measurement of my broken stride
Heather Brager is a mother, professional multi-tasker and life-long procrastinator. She is a lover of music, art and words, and often arranges her perspective on life into the occasional poem or drawing. Some of the results of her restlessness can be found by visiting HeatherBrager.blogspot.com and MsAmericano.DeviantArt.com.
Alex
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a.g. synclair
2011-04-27 19:44:39
An amazing artist and writer, this Ms. Brager. But, then again, I am somewhat biased...