orgami's Diaryland Diary

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enigma

awake arise
tie the shoes
the dress of the day
dusted from work
the shift uniform for
downtown of the same
purple striped shirt
and french cuffs
the dark grey wool pants
the dark belt and dull
buckle the sunglasses
to hide my eyes so I may
examine yours in passing
without too much disturbance
of turbulence
nothing but a library card
in my pocket and the two
keys on a brass chain link

and an empty room where I
feel faulted and failed
television happiness and
drama the the window curtians
i never open loving the night
only to slip behind them
and lean against the sill
and stare at the empty parking
lot with a scattering of cars
to see the stars and the cloudy
night sweep of the airport light
high up on the escarpement

my photo albums of people I am
slowly slipping away from
the tap that I run and my mug
for cool water my ancient
bathub for hot showers to take
away the ache of this back
and shoulder to feel alive
and refreshed to try to sleep
or listen to the stack of
now skipping scratched to shit
cds I once recorded
siouxsie and the banshees
linkin park
fluffy
shonen knife
echo and the bunnyman killing moon
and cover song by nouvelle vogue
etc etc etc the black Sony headphones
from Zellers the television dark
like the room the fridge humming
in the small space

we make our histories and our
todays the tapestry of lifes
weaves

i only love it when it rains
when I can feel chilled watching
the water dance in the few streetlights
and the small tan spider making a web
outside the screen

12:16 p.m. - 2011-06-09

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