Reanimated Lavender Granola Switchblade Nun rides again.

Sunday, August 11, 2019

From A Shell

From a shell came Divine instruction
insistent as a drowning man's hand,
his ear a barrel of seven-year whiskey.

As his bones grew longer, firmer,
the ground gave way so that he was always at sea,
a perpetual castaway in the solid world.

A woman, his mother,
said his head was in the clouds;
another woman, undressed and unhappy,
said he never heard a word she said.

He hears, but his heart is a barrel of seven-year whisky
a sea within a sea within a man
at the mercy of the Selkies who shed 
their seal-coats at his feet and sing.
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for Sunday Muse #68.

10 comments:

  1. I like this. The selkies, the seven year old whiskey, the ocean...all of it.

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  2. Selkies and sirens and the slosh of unsteady dreams...i love this!

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  3. "He hears but his heart is a barrel of seven-year whiskey." Yes I have met many men like him! Such a deep and loud message speaking here! Amazing Shay!!! Like everyone before me, I love it!!

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  4. Love the seven year old whiskey and the charm of the selkies.

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  5. . . . . a sea within a sea within a man . . so thought provoking and loved . . . is a barrel of seven year old whiskey. Had to read it a few times, Shay, sp powerful I thought.

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  6. This feels like a sea shanty. He hears not his mother or his wife (?) but only his mistress...the ocean. And even on land it is the sea he feels beneath his feet.

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  7. Ooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that closing stanza!

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  8. Sensual and alluring, this one Shay! I love the mythical touch of the Selkies — very engaging and enjoyable to read.

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  9. Wow! Not sure what to say. I rode through so many emotions reading this, the women, the man...each with their own unique view. Amazing as always dear friend.

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  10. Couldn't wait to see what tail you spun... and you sure delivered. Love the third stanza especially

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