Reanimated Lavender Granola Switchblade Nun rides again.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Need

by Fireblossom and Coal Black

I have a need,
And you can't trifle with genuine desire.

Mama say,
Watch y'self...
Keep sweets til moonrise,
And give all snakes the back side of the shovel.

Be judicious.
Say things plain.
Be the same girl, come shine, come rain.

I have a need,
And a mug I love awful;
Can't break it,
Can't let it run dry.

Dontcha see,
My girl is the warm-side round
And the sweet inside it...

She don't even hafta try;
She come by moonlight, bring a fine desire.
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art by Karen Davis 

19 comments:

  1. Nicely done, channeling another character like that. Someone with a nice southern drawl and a keen eye for honesty. At least, that's the way I read it :-)

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  2. That art is just lovely. And the words, of course.

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  3. Your opening two lines
    could be the motto
    for all HIV educators.



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  4. Good god. TWO poems in one day. I am definitely pizzed. ;)

    "And a mug I love awful." A perfect line.

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  5. The voice's here are great, love the inflections of speech. can't Trifle with genuine desire, Be judicious/say things plain. And a mug I love awful- very neat lines. Thanks

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  6. Honesty and simplicity, i hold at the highest esteem those that can find these virtues. It is Life amidst the founding chaos.

    Wonderful piece, ya'll.

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  7. love this voice ... love that you always find the 'right' image

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  8. I love the voice here, Shay. As always, your imagery shines.

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  9. I love it all--the voice, images...but those last two lines. I covet those.

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  10. Wonderful poemonlogue - liked the directness disguised by the dialect. Superfine imagery too. Great writing, pal-o-mine.

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  11. All that warm humid atmosphere condenses around the cup full of sweet--and the poem itself seems to have two flavors, dialect and deeper.A fine one, Shay, as all your love poems are.

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  12. This is a fine collaboration between you and yourself.

    "Be judicious.
    Say things plain.
    Be the same girl, come shine, come rain."

    "I have a need,
    And a mug I love awful"

    "My girl is the warm-side round
    And the sweet inside it"

    Lovely, Shay.

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  13. You know how to write need and desire on the page so that others will instantly recognize the longing and empathize with every word.

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  14. I swear, you can feel the warm coming off of this. Nothing so simple as "hot," but a deep, rich warm.

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  15. Gotta agree with mama except for the snakes--I like my black snakes. They eat the mice!

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  16. i adore your love poems!!! ♥

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