The dead don't mind
if I sing off key
and seesaw their femurs to rollick along
to the beat
of a heart
bludgeoned and ceased,
but for the beauty
embalmed in my songs.
Bass clef cut -
my hands to start to treble
at all of the insides God's hidden away.
A score finally settled
and spread on my table.
A stillness, a movement,
a sheet to be played.
A little something for the Beautiful Freaks Fest
19 comments:
Your words brought the imagery to the surface of my consciousness .
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Barnum and Bailey. fitting to the circus we all now live in. ~
The thought of beauty embalmed in song brewed all sorts of giggles out of me. Deliciously freakish, and then some!
I'm an Alt-o too.
"seesaw their femurs" ... fabulous
Love this:
"to the beat
of a heart
bludgeoned and ceased,
but for the beauty
embalmed in my songs"
Nice:
"A score finally settled
and spread on my table."
Wow! Revenge served with a song! Wonderfully dark and deranged! Loved it!
"Bass clef cut (tee hee) -
my hands to start to treble/trouble/tremble"
Wow...Moonlight Dismemberment ..what a magical sound :D XXX
Gorgeous, dark and beautiful!
Victoria
Aside from the awesome imagery, I love the rhyme.. this one begs to be read aloud.
I was actually going to say what Kerry said!
What delightfully macabre music these images make.
Deliciously dark and enticing!!❤️
The first two lines just got me. What a great beginning to set up the rest of poem - and also my mood as I read. Thank you. enjoyed it.
Between the rhythm and the imagery, I was picturing Tim Burton's Land of the Dead from 'Corpse Bride'. Love it! Thank you for participating in BFF!
Freaky, cool and brilliant!!!
Wonderful. As Kerry says, one to be read aloud.
This has so much imagery and lots of little wicked things running through its core.
MZ--All the word play. Treble...movement... score.
Bravo! Encore!
Reminds me of the song "Dead Are Dancing" by Toni Childs.
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