There's More To It Than That
You send me letters
of explanation, sky blue
paper and purple
ink, scented as in
satin, letters to explain
why we'll just be friends.
November 22, 2010 7:38 PM
Saturday, January 10, 2015
There's More To It Than That
There's More To It Than That
You send me letters
of explanation, sky blue
paper and purple
ink, scented as in
satin, letters to explain
why we'll just be friends.
November 22, 2010 7:38 PM
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ReplyDeleteyou find that inner place
of mine
and you sure know how
to break me
up and down
in and out
you take me from ecstatic
to elastic stretching to break
snap crackle and pop
you stop me dead in my
tracks
be friends?
you got to be fucking kidding
me
I'll have you
or no one else will
how do you like that
Okay then...
Deletebeautiful poetry has come from it, is all that i can see here.
ReplyDeleteFor the English as Second Language (ESL) speakers - there is usage which is critical in the context of this poem. "Dear John" letter is a generic identification for the letter that severs one's love relationship. Typically it happens to a man (hence John) who is away from home for a sufficiently long time, perhaps in the military or serving a prison term. I don't know how widely known this phrase is and if you don't "get it" whether the poem and image carries the same punch.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of a character in Orhan Pamuk's My name is Red, a woman, who writes a man who's been in love with her for ages a long letter telling him why she felt insulted by his absurd feelings and why they would never be together.
ReplyDeleteI guess there are many reasons for two people to be just good friends. Only someone who loves you dearly will take the time to explain.
:)
I got here by accident, a happy one I must say. I'm fascinated by every word I read within the last half an hour, and will come back for my own good, not yours at all.
Kiss.
The happy accident - serendipity - one of my favorite words. You are welcome here on purpose however you came. I hope you do come back "for your own good". There is plenty in the archives, God knows.
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