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"Every man's memory is is private literature."
--Aldous Huxley
"Every man's memory is is private literature."
--Aldous Huxley
Numb Peach
NUMB PEACH is my best
remembrance of mulberry times,
lava lamps, jade earrings;
dark days too, spawn of
helter skelter, Manson lore,
sienna sinews torn;
coconut cigars,
onyx rings on all fingers,
feline eye shadow;
willow wreaths in hair,
LSD imps run amok,
alto sax riffs cool;
thistleless tulips,
rye bread dunked in hot milk,
tumbleweed blues chords;
elbows of ivy,
eucalyptus tea daybreaks,
opal umber dreams.
Glenn Buttkus
May 2012.
Posted over on Rosemary Mint-Thursday Melting Bonus
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8 comments:
I love this, Glenn! Just gorgeous. Now I feel like I might have been there. :)
These are my favorites:
"coconut cigars,
onyx rings on all fingers,
feline eye shadow"
"willow wreaths in hair,
LSD imps run amok,
alto sax riffs cool"
Very cool Glenn. Love how you were able to use the word prompts so perfectly. Great read. thanks
This is one of your best pieces Glenn...
Glen, some of these word mashups make me sooooo happy. These are my favorites, though:
"tumbleweed blues chords;
elbows of ivy"
Beautiful. You had me there, in the center of it all.
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whimsygizmo.wordpress.com
"opal umber dreams" - beautiful.
All these memories flow so well. Nice job!
I like your title and these two felt so rich in the imagery of them the smooth tulip petal and the bright bite of rye flavor!
"thistleless tulips,
rye bread dunked in hot milk,"
Great poem, Glenn!
Excellent, beautiful verslets
Being a misfit of the 1960's only some of these memories are the same for me. Nice use of the prompt words.
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