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In Thick Ink

11.08.05 (4:33 pm) [edit]

Bounding from the school bus, I’d rush home where
my mother waited, wrapped in a spiral of thin smoke.
She’d tap the sofa next to her and I’d lie there,
my head in her lap, as she counted the mass
of freckles on my nose while whispering in my ear
that she’d spent the day missing me. I believed her.

Later, when afternoons meant lonely rides home
on packed city busses, with house keys on cheap chains,
I'd pedal back up 7th Avenue and wait in the park
until the sky grew gray and I could peer in the window
of my old bedroom; Alone in the dark, I’d close my eyes
and wish only for the fall of my own footsteps on the stairs.

In time, I longed for a home made of possessive pronouns,
so I sorted my pennies into tidy piles until the day
my fingers trembled as I signed my name in thick ink.
That night, I unpacked photographs of the people and places
from whom I’d become a fugitive, and hung them on the wall,
desperate to silence the odor of fresh paint.

Now, years later, with boxes once again stacked around me,
future snapshots appear fuzzy and indistinct - blurred
like lately taken Polaroids, still struggling to develop.
And yet, through the mist I see home: A place where
your voice hangs in the air, like dust caught in light,
settling on my skin long after you’ve left the room.

~~~~~~~~~

Thank [url=http://thejongleur.tblog.com]you[/url] for helping me find my way home.

posted by: TheJongleur (reply)
post date: 11.08.05 (1:36 pm)

*smile*

Favourite bit?

"A place where
your voice hangs in the air, like dust caught in light,
settling on my skin long after you’ve left the room."

This is particularly clever because we have all found ourselves in these moments.. surrounded by brave light and the dust floating and swirling therein. I reach this line, and I see you, and I see 'dust caught in light'.

Utterly splendid. *smile*

ams

posted by: keidz (reply)
post date: 11.08.05 (1:55 pm)

simple words yet full of feelings! Ü

posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 11.09.05 (2:43 am)

Reply to: TheJongleur

*smile*

Such compliments fill me with delight and disbelief in equal measure.

I rather like the things we make together.

"aml&s"
j

posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 11.09.05 (2:44 am)

Reply to: keidz

Thank you for your kind words.

j

posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 11.09.05 (2:44 am)

Reply to: newbie

Best of luck at blogspot and thanks for stopping by.

j

posted by: Jim Brodhead (reply)
post date: 11.09.05 (3:45 am)

I am nourished by the things you two make together. Make more, I want to get fat and healthy.

posted by: JimBrodhead (reply)
post date: 11.09.05 (4:13 am)

More people need to read your stuff. I have linked to you from my blog at http://jimbrodhead.typepad.com

posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 11.11.05 (1:11 pm)

Reply to: Jim

My friend, your words humble me. Thank you for spending a little time with me here... for reading the things I pin upon the wall... and for leaving your thoughts below them.

I shall smile for days while nibbling on your kindness.

j

posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 11.11.05 (1:11 pm)

Reply to: JimBrodhead

*smile*

posted by: Lindy (reply)
post date: 11.14.05 (4:21 am)

Ach mensch. Talk about ambling along after the parade is long over... *pouts*

Jennifer, I can't tell you how delighted I was to find this.

I have a favorite bit too...

'desperaqte to silence the odor of fresh paint'

Fabulous.

How many times have I done this...

Naturally, I'm staring at my keyboard, trying to suss out 'aml&s' and have resigned myself to being 'out of the loop' *grin*

posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 11.18.05 (3:31 pm)

Reply to: DeathByGlitter

Thank you for your kindness and the company. I'm grateful for both.

j

posted by: me (reply)
post date: 11.21.05 (5:53 am)

*taps softly*

posted by: 14u2nv2 (reply)
post date: 11.21.05 (6:57 pm)

Wow that is brilliant writing!

posted by: thejongleur (reply)
post date: 06.14.06 (2:50 am)

I see you online, but you haven't replied to me tmail, or email.