Oct 21, 2024
Practice
Wincing
You can't go back,
to Love, a home.
memories of Pearl Bailey
even a scatterbrained job
curled like a Morning Glory
about the ribs of day.
Everyone repeats not going back.
A sly ripple on the cape of wind,
peaking with
absentminded glee,
into that bulge from within
your past, beyond your left arm,
called "before".
Dismissing angels, refusing to
court hardship, not to mention
wincing that comes from attaching
the mouth too fiercely on privale parts
and all flasks with firm memory;
wheeling drunkenly on her thought.
her sayings, sculling backwaters of your mind
with little fingers each repeating
sane warnings.
By Paul Cameron Brown
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scatterbrained - areas of still or slow-moving water in a river, or a body of water that is separated from a main river by an obstruction or tide. The term can also refer to a place or situation that is stagnant or unmoved by current events
sly - having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature.
ripple - a small wave or a slight movement of a surface, esp. the surface of water:
bulge - a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump: a bulge in a wall. any sudden increase, as of numbers, sales, or prices: the bulge in profits.
hardship - a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression. a life of hardship.
an instance or cause of this; something hard to bear, as a deprivation, lack of comfort, or constant toil or danger.
wincing - reacting with a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body.
attaching - join or fasten (something) to something else.
attribute importance or value to.
sculling - rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell. crew, row, rowing. the act of rowing as a sport.
backwaters - a part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant.
an isolated or peaceful place.
a place or situation in which no development or progress is taking place.
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