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Amnesia haze


wander into mary's garden,
stroll amongst the weeds,
catch a rug to old morroco,
high above the trees
sink into the deepest ocean
lie among the wrecks,
let the stone-fish teach you how
to let your self forget.
drift along a tendril green
into a river jade,
wash away the fears you have and
past mistakes you made
sledge down slopes of ignorance
and land into the bliss
follow blind this path of yours
and get lost in the mist

Into the white where the nit-pickers roam,
hinting at something, silent, unknown.
here comes the goose with its gander in tow,
bringing the trembles and pulling you low.
sea-sick and soaking with sweat from the cold,
spinning like tops before they got old.
filling with panic and feelings of dread,
of hearing the ramblings inside your head.
start telling yourself that everything's fine,
give it a rhythm, make it a rhyme.
say it enough and affirm your belief,
blow out your lungs and feel the relief.
go back to go, start strolling again,
all inside out and not quite sure when.
Rocking and rolling, you're chasing your tail,
but soon you'll forget and away you will sail.

escape

◄ exit route to nowhere

Deep rooted ►

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thu 12th May 2011 14:59

A very good one, Kath. Isobel has expressed it so well; I do like the almost clownish switch to couplets like a sing-song nightmare, after the wafting quality of stanza 1.

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Isobel

Sat 7th May 2011 10:08

Yes - this does have a drug induced feel to it - the come down and the withdrawal also.

I like the way you have used a different tempo/metre for the second verse. It really expresses the 'back to reality' nightmarish touch down.

That's one way many of escape, I suppose. I still haven't been to mary's garden - it's on my to do list before I die. Someone told me they just laughed for the entire duration and it was no big deal. I suppose it depends on what you left and what you are coming back to. x

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Laura Taylor

Fri 6th May 2011 13:07

mary - mary jane? ;)

Love this Kath - how the second stanza takes on a whole new anxiety ridden life!

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