dr_con Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 entranced by dust an early one not just my bedroom shared with my brother until Didi died his Latvian Metal Smith’s heart giving way after its cleaving from the loss of his wife Matt ten years earlier A patina of dust over-everything academic tomes nicks and nacks a lifetime of travel refuge escapes accumulated comforts mnemonics crafts startling colors dulled by wood skin metal fibers chaff microtubules vapor all the while Tardigrades herded mites and glass spiders across a family’s tundra unseen except for moments truer than true dusting I would sit for timeless seconds the light was just so slanting past red/blue child’s curtains Entranced by the infinite the regress a grain split again and again historyless lessons kaleidoscope leavings allowing no room for stories of angels heads or their pins. Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Juris, I enjoyed that "poem about real life" feel. I see the speaker returning to his childhood home. He looks back from a position of stability, strength. "A patina of dust" -- despite all that is undesirable about it, it's important to remember that dust protects. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelJosol Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 The power of the inventory of the images set in context implying distance of time and coming home recalling memories, physical memories nothing supernatural. I enjoyed the enjambment that was like a waterfall effect. Quote "Words are not things, and yet they are not non-things either." - Ann Lauterbach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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