Awesome Poem
I think this journal may become more of an art journal than a life journal...or maybe a little bit of both...we'll see (copyright exploitation is sooo easy in Live Journal). At any rate, this poem is очень класнный! (tres cool)
VILLANELLE AFTER A BURIAL
by Steven Cramer
Whatever they turned into wasn't ash.
Afraid of finding teeth, or something bony,
We had to face the aftermath of flesh.
Father's looked like coral: coarse, whitish.
Mother's looked like sand, but a fine dark gray.
Whatever they turned into wasn't ash --
More like a grainy noise that rose, a shush
We buried under their willow, spilled really.
We had to face it: the aftermath of flesh
Takes just two shovelfuls of dirt to finish
Off completely. Don't expect epiphanies,
Whatever they turned into. Wasn't ash
A dusty enough word, though, for the wish
That bits of spirit settle in what we see
After we face the aftermath of flesh?
We drove off in three pairs, each astonished
By awkward living talk, jittery keys.
We had to face the aftermath of flesh
(Whatever they turned into) wasn't ash.
VILLANELLE AFTER A BURIAL
by Steven Cramer
Whatever they turned into wasn't ash.
Afraid of finding teeth, or something bony,
We had to face the aftermath of flesh.
Father's looked like coral: coarse, whitish.
Mother's looked like sand, but a fine dark gray.
Whatever they turned into wasn't ash --
More like a grainy noise that rose, a shush
We buried under their willow, spilled really.
We had to face it: the aftermath of flesh
Takes just two shovelfuls of dirt to finish
Off completely. Don't expect epiphanies,
Whatever they turned into. Wasn't ash
A dusty enough word, though, for the wish
That bits of spirit settle in what we see
After we face the aftermath of flesh?
We drove off in three pairs, each astonished
By awkward living talk, jittery keys.
We had to face the aftermath of flesh
(Whatever they turned into) wasn't ash.