poetry vol. 1...no. 99
Posted: March 12th, 2015, 7:12 am
I'm in a trance again
the kind when you are fully aware
the internal transmutation that has to happen,
unable to wiggle my toes
my feet are frozen against the parlor floor
my mind races down the open page
physicality stays rigid and obvious, concrete
I see my manikin self, stiff, unyielding
mirror opposite of my frolicking mind
as if the body mustn't move an inch
if the mind hopes to take a spin around the block,
seems to be some kind of cosmic trade-off
open the brain stem valve
turn off the blood flow to the toes
divert every erg of energy
to the playground of the unconscious maniac
this is the writer's joy, the poet's goal
mastery over the profound shift of power
so please be still dear skeleton,
my head is on a swivel
the kind when you are fully aware
the internal transmutation that has to happen,
unable to wiggle my toes
my feet are frozen against the parlor floor
my mind races down the open page
physicality stays rigid and obvious, concrete
I see my manikin self, stiff, unyielding
mirror opposite of my frolicking mind
as if the body mustn't move an inch
if the mind hopes to take a spin around the block,
seems to be some kind of cosmic trade-off
open the brain stem valve
turn off the blood flow to the toes
divert every erg of energy
to the playground of the unconscious maniac
this is the writer's joy, the poet's goal
mastery over the profound shift of power
so please be still dear skeleton,
my head is on a swivel