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| Angel's Insomnia | |
| By gutterkitty | ||||||||||||||||
| 02 November 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
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I'm not sure about this one. What do you think? I can recall: The softness of stiff feathers on my back, Cresting my shoulder blades. The spines, rooted deeply in my flesh Singing from the skin, a loud chorus That made it hard to sleep at night. No one stops their mind’s wandering When they see my portrait, An archetype fingered lovingly in the mind Or spat from the mouths of atheists. They do not stop, they can’t know The touch of feathers on their back, Oily with prayer or Stiff with disuse. Like their faith Which does not stretch, or stop to feel The breathing that is the Breathy touch of Feathers on one’s back. They do not stop to imagine The heavens yawning away before them, Or the blinding brightness of So many stars, as staring eyes That will never stop, Or close their mouths, Ceaseless as the crowds and traffic and The people who do not stop To draw my face, or finger The archetype lovingly in their mind. Some don’t have the time to Spit my name, or think of The breathing that is wings unfolding And the breathy touch of Feathers on one’s skin. They don’t stop their mind’s wandering Or stand still in the street When their faith catches its breath, stiff with disuse Upon seeing my portrait, to think: An angel is not designed, With feathers rooted deeply in its flesh Singing a loud chorus, and oily with prayer, I am not designed to lay myself down And sleep.
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