Reanimated Lavender Granola Switchblade Nun rides again.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

some facts about milk

Milk is made from stars;
Milk is liquefied stars.

Jars for milk are made from glass;
Glass is made when lightning touches sand.

Jarred milk is most similar to the Moon;
Jarred milk wants to be the Moon.

One becomes an astronaut by drinking milk from jars;
Inside each astronaut: stars.
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a list poem for "Are You Listing?"

and 55 words counting the title for G Man.




 

25 comments:

  1. In my mind I'm seeing Milky the Clown trippin on acid
    You are such a Peach Shay
    Thank you for this intricate Gem
    Loved your lactating 55
    Thanks for playing, you know how that tickles me,
    and please have a Kick Ass Week End

    TWIN PINES...!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Ha! Love it. Verrrry cool, quirky-girl. And you know I soooo adore Cat Stevens. I played his 8-track tapes till I wore them out more than once in our orange hippie VW van w/a sun painted on the side and with the bed in the back and purple psychedelic curtains I sewed in high school home ec. Ah, youth...wasted on the young.

    Groovy poem, chick! xo

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  3. I feel somewhere there is a cow who feels cheated.

    Seriously, I love the way this winds in and out of its own logic, and makes us think of what ought to be in what we drink that's good for us.

    I just love 'jarred milk wants to be the moon.'

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  4. Very abstract and slightly surreal. Loved it!

    ...but no mention of Tang? I thought that's what the astronauts drank when shooting for the stars.

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  5. I especially like the sequencing and progress in this, fireblossom. My favorites we the lightning hitting the sand and the moon--but it makes for a beautiful whole. Nice.

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  6. ha. nice progression in this...wrote a poem for the weekend with astronauts in it...stars in the milk and glass made of lightning...see i knew there was a reason i need to drink more milk...well that and good bones...considering my mom is struggling with the calcium already...to the moon shay.

    smiles.

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  7. The simple gravity of your creation resounds with the best I know.


    Aloha

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  8. wow... milk is wonderful, isn't it!?
    a fun read.

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  9. nice - i like your milk facts - esp. that milk is liquefied stars - i was always suspecting this - ha - very cool

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  10. I love this poem...
    it took me 3 or 4 reads
    to figure out what was going
    on...the Listing...
    but even then, I loved it.

    Very enjoyable read.
    Peace
    Siggi

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  11. How lovely this is, Shay, and all perfectly logical to me. (I drink milk and I'm full of stars too.)

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  12. Milk...liquefied stars. Milk...my favorite beverage. Cat Stevens...one of the most gorgeous singers of the 70's. (I haven't heard "Into White" for decades. Thanks.)

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  13. I really like this poem. I have seen sand after a fire, and it turns to glass

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  14. That was wonderful. I remember getting milk in bottles on our front porch. Magical.

    Flash 55 - ground zero

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  15. Milk and stars...so glad I can be an astronaut. Love it! btw I was more than happy to review your book! I loved it!

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  16. And that's why I love living in the dairy state! I'm made of star stuff!
    This is so fun - love it!

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  17. Oh for the days when we picked up our Moo Juice from the dairy. Un-pasteurized or homogenized; we tasted the seasonal grasses and the cream always rose to the top!

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  18. Milk is liquified stars...cool! (i always thought so) The moon in a jar. I love this. Thank you.

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  19. Egyptian Cows Make Stars.
    It has to be true I heard it
    one Wiki day.

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  20. LIghtning hits sand,,, great ine

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  21. beautiful words....lovely lines!!

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