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like skin upon my bones

These are my words 

And this, this 

Is my tissue, my salt, my bones 

My earth my worth 

You are a bell 

Your tongue 

Hits my body 

My yoke 

My yolk 

I touched you once 

Now you resonate inside of me 

Forevermore 

In a field 

A field of  

Dandelions 

Time swirls around us 

On a breeze a whisper 

The gospel calls this  

Devotion 

My devotchka 

My darling light 

My skin hangs  

Like a question 

On my bones 

In the air 

We are just seeds 

Pods and petals 

Handblown handmedowns 

But all there is and so 

Finally they hear the music 

And they dance  

Like gold and silver 

Look closely at each  

Bud that opens and see 

The sugar dripping  

From between the legs 

Of mother nature 

The sugar sweet like 

Sap like syrup 

Like everything is  

Happening at once 

And we cannot bare  

To look away and 

Dali knew what life was  

Life was melting like clocks  

Like warm Camembert 

Like dreams 

Like visions 

Oh god  

I can see you now 

Your questions 

Hang like skin 

Upon my bones 

 

◄ the only answer we will ever need

possessed ►

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Stu Buck

Sun 5th Mar 2017 18:15

thanks paul and david, really glad you liked it.

david - devotchka was used purely due to its similarity to devotion, however i see your point re: a soviet feel.

in soviet russia, poems write you!

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Paul Waring

Sat 4th Mar 2017 14:00

Sorry I've come late to this Stu.

This is beautiful, so powerful and so moving. A real belter.

Paul

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Stu Buck

Sat 4th Mar 2017 13:55

well thanks everyone, really glad you enjoyed it. have a great weekend!

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Graham Sherwood

Sat 4th Mar 2017 10:34

This is almost like lyrical word association.
I ached reading it, we feel the pain of the ecstasy and the agony spilling.
Bloody good work Stu

elPintor

Sat 4th Mar 2017 01:14

I can't put it any better than Ray and Colin. There are tones of eroticism that are both under spoken and unmistakable, as in many pieces of yours--it always seems so natural, unextracted and undressed of modern culture.

Really quite beautiful, like emotions you can see.

elP

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raypool

Fri 3rd Mar 2017 19:40

Nobody does this full - bloodied poetry like you Stu. You are the master - It feels as if it has just flowed through you - the best kind of mindplay. It feels as if there is no separation between mind and body and spirit - just a great waterfall of feeling. With no punctuation it works so well.
Excellent stuff.

Ray

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Stu Buck

Fri 3rd Mar 2017 19:08

thanks colin! this actually took longer than my usual pieces so i am glad i didnt lose any of the flow i had hoped to capture

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Fri 3rd Mar 2017 19:07

beautifully lyrical and hypnotic - it feels like this just spilled out onto the page. Well impressed.

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