returning

[amuse]

someone forgets that vacation's over! :D
...that said, here's az not studying for her 8th class of the semester :eek:


off to the side-
was he really there?-
i see a man he looks
like me
this child blinks, laughs
with my eyes
around the corner
women lunch
storekeepers *****
and gossip
cats yowl and dogs
hump their owners legs
because they
want to play frisbee
in the park
there's a war
in the next street
and a wedding tomorrow
i visit gettysburg clad in
cold wind,
wet space,
warm blood,
and
wake up wondering how
i got to today.

must! sleep
again, make my nap
last timeless
dance again
in southern europe
ancient rome
but no
i stare again: in
my grandmother's locket
i see asha
wrapped in great-
grandmother's eyes
i take it out stare
at me i stare for
a long time until i
cry hate
love memorize myself.

and the
fast-shuttered
half-shuttered
misty frames
smile; i
make peace with
what i've been all i am.

[fayefaye]

know what I thought when I saw you post up a poem? 'the new amuse is out!! oooh!! gotta read it!!' love your work as always.

[amuse]

you made me blush and curl into a ball! thank you, faye...:)

[Koa]

usual lack of breath until i get to the end...
if one day you write a reaaaaaaaally long one and i read it, you'll be blamed for my death by chocking!!! :D

[amuse]

1. "um, thanks," squeaked a voice hidden by the hair.
you guys are really too kind. i wish i liked this one more...something didn't gel at the end and i really wanted it to, could see it and everything, but...
d. i mean 2 :confused: if i ever do write a long one, i'll put oxygen tanks next to it for you Koa! ;) :D