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cold pizza, nudity and the moon

at five a.m energy sieves through the minds of the asleep

creating pools of thought on the cool pillows and satin sheets

but i am awake tonight because i had the dream again

the dream where we are eating animal biscuits

and you are naked on the floor

and i am using the elephants and rhinos to enact a safari scene

on the jutting ranges of your ribs

and it is hot so hot that the chocolate melts

and i lick it from your skin

and for a few moments it is bliss

but then i leave blood on your breast

and my gums are bleeding

and the life is flowing from my mouth

and i wake up alone,

shivering even though it is unseasonably warm.

these nights alone are like needles in my arm,

a scathing review of my manhood

and how i wish i had been sober

when we kissed

but i was not

so now i sit here alone

with cold pizza, nudity and the moon.

◄ what will be easier would be easier

blossoms ►

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Stu Buck

Wed 20th Jul 2016 23:09

thanks ray, im glad this one went down well as its a fairly personal piece, albeit one written due to a challenge by steve pottinger on facebook.

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raypool

Wed 20th Jul 2016 22:54

A very fine piece of work stu. I can't add to the comments in any better summary but really enjoyed it - a classis Stu example!

Ray

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Stu Buck

Wed 20th Jul 2016 21:42

Cheers both. I'm flattered. Dreams are a spiritual and creative goldmine I think.

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Graham Sherwood

Wed 20th Jul 2016 21:04

I bloody well love this. I'll say it again, I bloody well love it. To me dreams are the non-drug taker's absinthe. I could have dreamt this! Did I say I bloody well love it.

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Stu Buck

Wed 20th Jul 2016 20:10

thanks david. i had written a version of this that was really quite troubling and, for once, pared it down a bit. i was up all night last night (and the night before) and just sat on my bed watching the moon and eating cold pizza. it was quite a nice, spiritual moment.

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