after Borg de Nobel
three empty bottles, three empty cans
one empty beaker, one empty pint
glass (none
that hold air,
__________eight servings of the bare
wall outlined in chubby pink or cyanosis
or gold that can’t be bought
____________________purity
______is a full jug of wine
take off the corks
and there’s already blood
__________________when glass can’t stick
______to your shelves or mine
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Poem Inspired by a Tweet from @clairehennessy(elizabethkateswitaj.net)
purity
is a full jug of wine
take off the corks
and there’s already blood…dang…this is tight…in vino veritas they say…and they’re right..
In vino veritas is pretty much my motto these days.
I also like the lines quoted by Claudia ~ Nice one ~
I’m glad you like them 🙂
You served up a fine response here…with bottles and cans all empty, but, thankfully, a full jog of wine. Nice.
All’s well that ends with wine!
Painful images and fine words
Thank you.
dang…from purity on this really rips for me…the whole thing has great flow but that part speaks to me…the blood…the full jug….wondering at spiritual undertones in that…
mine came from…first thought was the symbiotic relationships of the birds and elephants…second with the train image was a parade because they were all in a line…and having just started school and watching the kids go round and round the square…it all just came together…see my mind is jacked up..ha.
The best minds are all unique 🙂
Thanks for stopping by.
Very concise, and also hard hitting in the drinking and empty bottle and cans.
‘take off the corks
and there’s already blood’
Well penned.
Thank you!
“glass (none
that hold air,
__________eight servings of the bare”
I adore the way that moves!
Thank you, Mama Zen.
Yeah, wonder whether there is a spiritual reference here with the purity…wine and blood connection…or, maybe there’s not. Well done.
I hadn’t really thought of a spiritual reference while writing this (but I probably should have).
Empty bottles and cans is a life lived, not breathing in wait. Nice.
Yes. Thank you.
great lines in here…purity
______is a full jug of wine
loved this!
Thanks, Mohana.
Hello Kate i loved this a sweet twist in this to the fullness of wine
Thank you, Chris.
love the empty/full contrast throughout. Some really cool lines, love the 8 servings of the bare, has a real incongruity feel to it. Great take on the piece. Thanks
Thanks, Fred.
the word cyanosis brought me up sharp – really got the pain from that – very expressive – lib