Friday, May 11, 2012

Watch this (new) space

I am slowly moving this blog to wordpress; the new url is below. Unfortunately, I am having to reformat the old posts. But as long as you're only looking at the most recent entries, everything will be fine!

http://thetemporaryarrangement.wordpress.com/

Thursday, May 10, 2012

I see a few different options with this one...


...but decided to post it anyway: 

Wire



It does not spell out what happened to my brother
so I picture him twisted into the cable
of his own communication with lines crossing
and woven until strong enough to carry waves

through the doorbell of my house in electrical
impulses into the neurons in my body
connecting synapses until the old snake king
who lives in night stories and keeps night in a shell

swallows them and all the sparks are interrupted
as the power goes out his daughter arrives with
a tapestry she starts weaving and light slips
in more and more like a curtain on a line.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

I Wanted To Call This 'Doll', But It's More Of A...


Catalog




The Cinderella Slipper: high-shine
heels turn you bibbity bobbity beautiful!
Would-be princesses, keep an eye on the clock!

Running 15 k every day has caused callouses to form on the soles of my feet. They are clean and slightly translucent like plate glass windows.

The Sexy Dress: maximum curve, minimum effort.
In flamingo, frond or knife with removable
silicone pads you will really add up in this!

Hereditary thinning of bone tissue means a certain tenderness in my hips and when I smile I can feel the calcium that is left coalesce and slip from rib to rib until tidy pintucked rows of Egyptian cotton  is left on my small shoulders.