king of a lost frontier the subway itch
I will sell my fat and pig-out on a toad
graze common ground through the tickle of a chair.
a body-full of bags for a surgeons' sponge
in the garden I belong in a cloud of lungs
fondling my flint for a better flame
through roots of air to the branches of a mouth.
cockeyed plums sucking sherbert through a straw.
the great freeze gone the jugular a knight
a furball fight for an apples heart and stone.
what floats so will I swallow tall and cross
eclectic moods as shapes my swallows spade
digging through an iceberg for an eye
stare down the ageing milkmaids naked hiss
climb aboard her shoulders on the backside of a kiss.
how bad her birds that never fly away.
a hard days walk through thick and thinning song
singing through the lilacs on a pond of kerosene
a throat as dry as whispers on an unexpected cry
too close for death to share me second wind.
two cocktail sticks for supper dead on nine.
too stubborn are my tastebuds wafer thin.
let loose abandoned respite in the company of kings
let loose my swollen tongue on a fairground swing;
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Author:
Melvin James (Pseudonym) (
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Comments2
Lost frontiers is truly what you have made with your imagery as I am truly lost inside it all, an amazing way to play with the human mind dearest Melvin. 🌹
a mind that never stops!
thank you Teddy.
You can feel the heavy weight of time and suffering in each stanza. Regimented frustrations: "two cocktail sticks for supper dead on nine.". Such an artistic way to describe it all.
thank you Eugene S;
a comment much appreciated.
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