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Not Prayer

Friday, March 19, 2010

There is a body
and a crow waiting on a body.
The body is full of suffering.

Meaning, the body has life.
For the time being.

Define being. Life.
Define life for the time being.

The body filled
to the point of breaking.
The body with eyes
wide in prayer.

Define prayer. That
which only God is able to hear.

There is an ear
detached from a body.

Meaning, torn away.
Out of place.

An ear unable to hear
that which is taking place.

There is a crow.
There is the sound of a crow
nibbling on a leaf.
For the time being.

Define being.
There is a body
and here is a hand.

See how it moves
to cover this mouth.
Define that

which only God is able to hear.
Define this.
Not prayer.

Labels: poetry

posted by mdlc @ 11:15 PM

2 Comments:

At 11:57 PM, m said…

I think your writing is evolving to its next level, leaving behind the romantic to an approximation of something harsher, more politically nuanced, more polemical. I do not know if this is good, but I am intrigued, and will wait to see more. Best wishes Mikael, and I do hope you achieve the greatness I know you're capable of.
At 1:13 AM, Anonymous said…

defamiliarized yet familiar. you know how to toe the line and you do it so well. :D