Thursday, August 30, 2007

Chapter Book, Singleton 2007, Outsider Art


CHAPTER BOOK
(c) Singleton 2007


The pages are wet
Salt soaked
yellowed
and sun bleached
and
there's no ending
or beginning

Faceless people
with
sorry other stories
flip
through the words
taking what they want
and making up
dimestore drama
to fill the
void.

Fate or chance?
You wrote the book.

And the pages didn't really blow away...
you were
just chicken
and tore them out
to make it look that way...

No wonder you're getting lousy reviews.....


Markers, colored pencils, ink and all that hoo-hah on cardstock

10 comments:

eric1313 said...
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Justgivemepeace said...

eric....
you rock, my friend, you rock!

"chapter seven--
the one chapter
unbroken
unchained
unclaimed
unnamed"

Unfinished....

eric1313 said...

it's inspiration
thank you, friend.

eric1313 said...

she tells you her story
beyond the bounty of
sun bleached pages
the words are warm
the heart is hot
as blood and gasoline
or burning martinis
gulf sunset fire glow

so she begins...

chapter seven--
the one chapter
unbroken
unchained
unclaimed
unnamed...

unfinished...

the number says it all;
if you're very, very lucky
she'll lend you the other
six little digits

and the rest will be
history; herstory--
unfolding
a page at a time
no broken bones
no chicken shit

only eyes to see the sunrise
and the purple sky change
to blue...

matching her eyes
word for word
for gleam and hue

and it's not an illusion
or a cheap collection
of pawn shop lines
collecting dust--
it's chapter seven
her lips say it all

----
finished now! four edits later and this baby's grand!

singleton said...

eric....7th comment, chapter 7, her lips, your words, say it all!
Clink!

"and the rest will be
history; herstory--
unfolding
a page at a time
no broken bones
no chicken shit"

Thank you sweet friend......

No said...

I really like this.

singleton said...

No...thank you sweet friend, peace!

eric1313 said...

Shoulda said somethin' last night... clink ya real time...

Chapter seven took off with a splash!

...But no mermaid to be seen...

I know, got the construction hat on... bet it's a colorful one, indeedy.

eric1313 said...

oooppps

Never mind!

You fluttered by...

leg-rock and all...

singleton said...

eric...silly boy! You didn't name her when you let her fly! It turned out perfect....
Chapter Seven.....
and of course,
undone
unfinished
and unlike
anything else!