Negative Entropy 1 Arrival, Departure epic/entre of hail in spring dublin. smell: sun. oppo(site) (dire)ction. coach digital (numb)ers: flicker-twitching red bars. person you are sitting on/with. longing: near ‘home’. th(ink) of last p(air) of jeans unmarried; think of last piece of dead animal eaten. con(verse) b(eaten)-up – broken teeth: better smile. unknown secret(e) dates: [deleted]. (cur)rent mental (b)(lock): unknown. wearing red socks or cats. cat’s bed/(sheet skin): sleep. dream. 2 Morning, First Day a: a light to be caught in/on. face-tied place; back in, dipping. syrup hair. ‘home’ friends. attractive: not not my face in shaving cream. a shower with– what's hidden under that coffee? taste tastes. it’s currently hair/time . . . spoon-left tea-rings on the stainless draining board. think instrument. wish for more fire, fine sil(t/k). you day: every day. we smile; her scent: so long. in either talk, home/made laugh. what is your [deleted]? I ask. last death: b/rain cell. 3 Night night: which eyes do you need? bed/room fun: slide along your favourite draw, down. drool on a (sleeping pill)ow. picture in the room. shadow meniscus spans the wall. flood/light on the field through vert\izontal sky-light. thunder/storm: darkening clouds, lightning. s(tar)s: red lyric desire. street/lamp vapour leaking through curtain cracks. sleep, like a tomb/stone. animosity scent, s(ink)-d(rain) away the time; so sour. s(tin/gin)g. 4 Recurring Nightmare I have an entire box-fit of travelling. (one look fits all.) nothing c(hanged); the stone/brick skin of buildings, people; eye caused a laugh – would they laugh at a person of stone? general face feeds them well; for me, empty. narrow roads, minds. systematic roughening of skin. everything-player; nothing-status. remember: finger up the universe. termite infest swarm – chewing ankles, foundations. know: three no-one’s died. seen: smoke stone. wake-up, my head half a pillow. it’s not really morning: it’s a secret. Infinity In a regressive state – sep(i)a/rate; lay legs, to waste, to wait. Hasty marking the adventure line against forest/field of her skin, sunlight raised and bottled by a child relatively near her. Relatively taken for granted, marksmen shoot and warm up for the season delay. Tight, plastic loops around fingers, and sailed to the sea of I Don’t Want to Know Anymore. Alone binge limitation moment; sea clarity, see with clarity, relatively Shoot, straw shot straight out of the girl’s mouth at lightspeed. Sleeves raise revealing fresh flesh,
relatively.
Timed interval, careful; then
blood race as sun
sinks, dinner wails. Shoutfor her return. Get away, flee, free; wind through unbrushed hair. Bounce over rock after rock. Wafting summer sunshine from bee hive Lively strawberry-polished toenails b/rushing through grassy undergrowth; steps out-of-bounds to the sound of a cricket. Limit flagged, literally, but only relatively. Singing a sweet whisper, tune induces tweet and echoes as one with surroundings. Sees a fox, quicker than she – young fur flying under twine fence; then, rising over orange-framed sun, the infinity of a butterfly |
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kevindoran’s
poetry, flash fiction, articles, reviews, and (digital) photography/art
are published or forthcoming in 2008 Anthology of Younger Poets, Dwarf
Stars Anthology, Mustachioed, World Haiku Review, elimae, Otoliths,
Unpleasant Event Schedule, iota, zafusy, and others. He was recently
nominated for a 2007 SFPA (Science Fiction Poetry Association) Dwarf
Stars Award. Visit his blog for more info, and general updates: http://kevindoran.blogspot.com
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