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
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ReplyDeleteeric....
ReplyDeleteyou rock, my friend, you rock!
"chapter seven--
the one chapter
unbroken
unchained
unclaimed
unnamed"
Unfinished....
it's inspiration
ReplyDeletethank you, friend.
she tells you her story
ReplyDeletebeyond 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
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finished now! four edits later and this baby's grand!
eric....7th comment, chapter 7, her lips, your words, say it all!
ReplyDeleteClink!
"and the rest will be
history; herstory--
unfolding
a page at a time
no broken bones
no chicken shit"
Thank you sweet friend......
I really like this.
ReplyDeleteNo...thank you sweet friend, peace!
ReplyDeleteShoulda said somethin' last night... clink ya real time...
ReplyDeleteChapter 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.
oooppps
ReplyDeleteNever mind!
You fluttered by...
leg-rock and all...
eric...silly boy! You didn't name her when you let her fly! It turned out perfect....
ReplyDeleteChapter Seven.....
and of course,
undone
unfinished
and unlike
anything else!