Monday, May 5, 2014

freebase

Chair with the Wings of a Vulture, 1960, Salvador Dali

from broken life
to broken life
the deadlight
arises
vulturous

lit candles warming
the addicts’ spoons,
lift plumes
like blackbirds’ wings,
ominous,

cancerous
moments that free them
to carrion,
eyes nightblind
to hope threaded
in a spindle spoke sky



© 2014 Jennifer Wagner


The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 159

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oooh! I love this one! I tried my hand at the Magpie, and the spoons left me hanging. Your work serves them well. "spindle spoke sky" is clever phrasing.

Kathe W. said...

intriguing... well done

Brian Miller said...

spindle spoke sky...ha...that is cool...
a bit scary with the drug refs...having made my dip into that at a much earlier ag
it is a slippery slope of escape....

Wendy Bourke said...

This is so moving, Jennifer – visceral and yet, penned with depth and artistry.

“hope threaded in a spindle spoke sky” – an inspired expression of the cycle of drug abuse: twisting and winding and revolving over and over and over.

RMP said...

yikes! that is some kick a$$ imagery.

Kathy Reed said...

wow...that's edgy..and written very well indeed.

Namrata said...

A terrific poem...every line spurrs the dark terror as the picture does...cant be more justifying..:)

Preeti S. said...

A powerful and dreary image. The sense of hopelessness is too keen. It is incredible to understand what the addicts consciously choose and why they do so. Great poem. :)

brudberg said...

the addicts spoon -- that really caught me.. love how you incorporated them

Jinksy said...

Lovely piece of writing...Thank you. ♥

Optimistic Existentialist said...

This is beautiful and dark simultaneously - truly a treasure piece of writing. An ode to those who wish to find escape synthetically...

Sumana Roy said...

"cancerous moments"...,"....hope threaded / in a spindle spoke sky"...trigger many thoughts..love the dark images.. :)

Berowne said...

Eloquent and dynamic; well done.

Belva Rae Staples said...

Well done!

Anonymous said...

whew. written like witness ~

21 Wits said...

Wow, you certainly captured my senses, vivid images throughout. Nicely written.

Magyar said...

Hidden visions among the "spindle spoke sky," _m

Carrie Van Horn said...

it is a spindle spoke sky in an addicts world...great imagery here Jennifer. :-)

adhi das said...

moves the readers with amazing images..the repetition of broken life pains u r have a wonderful writing style..Smiles Jennifer:))

Tess Kincaid said...

I had to read this one out loud to fully appreciate...thank you...

Anonymous said...

Dark, and beautifully written.