E. Zora Knight

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a special order, straight queer and strong black.

2006-04-21

Mary... May I have Your Grace?

Mother.
I.
searched
for you on bruised
........ bend of knees
(I)
n darkened prayers
late,
last night.
twice be - fore
sweet slumber called
to me
(and)
I to you.
pre/empted dreams
(and)
constricted musings
swung
along
pendulums of time..
(as)
I
climbed into bed
one million stars stared
at me
(and)
I
toward them.
hope - less(ly)
life - less(ly)
heavy arms
dangled
in the balance of
stillednoise
and resoundingsilence..
(I)
n memory
(I) smelled
your clandestinity;
heavily shrouded
on foreign lips
mouthing
fairy tales
of forlorn loss.
suns tucked
me safely into
clouds of obscurity.
hope grappled
sovereignty
shifting quiet comfort
to delusion dissonance
and
(I)
offered
my grace to you,
(and)
you your ever present
absence..
amen.

ktaylor/thir13teen
section 8 coffee publications
all rights reserved 2006

6 comments:

CousinSarah said...

(as)
I
climbed into bed
one million stars stared
at me
(and)
I
toward them.
hope - less(ly)
life - less(ly)


wow.

bRandy said...

i am loving the continuous poems...keep them coming g3..."wow" is right..."wow" is always right...

Copasetic Soul said...

damn...you have me shaking my head.

Shelle said...

i smelled your clandestinity; heavily shrouded on foreign lips mouthing fairytales on forlon loss....yep wow is right and seems to be the majority here

BigSleep666 said...

Goodness, these are really good. I like how the grammar and punctuation really takes risks. You're making experiments. It's great to see. Really inspiring.

Angel said...

you are so freaking awesome! i agree with funky mike, the risks you take are consistently the right ones. word choice, syntax, conveyed imagery, passion personified...you are my shero! :)