Something Fishy About Today
Dead fish floating on the surface of the sky,
your smile is like a red bag of nails,
your heart is black mud,
your skin – cool as glass.
Bubbles fizz in my bottle, they
measure time,
the time in which we
don’t say a word.
This silence can kill but
there’s no such thing as silence anyhow.
Deep down I want my ideas to eat you.
Deep down I want to say something complex,
profound, something that’ll
make your eyes shine like crystals
and not them
dirty old pennies.
Here, rattle your thoughts and drink up.
The sun’s coming out and
I want to see
what it looks like.
Cynthia Buell Thomas
Wed 15th Sep 2010 11:12
This is very good, David. The imagery is terrific: a 'smile like a red bag of nails' and 'I want my ideas to eat you' among many - fresh and powerful ideas. I presume the colloquial language is on purpose, for effect. I really love the poem.