the air feels full of fussy messages
from the future
every black pebble I gather whispers
reminders for later
how easily your attention slips away
--a dancer in the crowd
multiplying me with mute mystery
until I exist
for you might say the book is complete
but I have a feeling
I'll still imagine there are places inside
where I can color it
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Pic: Max and Huck ready at the treat jar. We used to try to get them to ring the bell for service, but that didn't take.
12 comments:
Oh, let's not say the book is complete! It's good to finish but only if it is a wonderful book. Our world now is that book -- so much still to color. I'm hoping the "florid messages from the future" are not to be. (And this probably has zero reference to the thoughts besides this provocative poem! Don't you just love interpretation?)
Love the dog photo. Did it ever work? They're the cutest ever.
This photo reminded me of my friend Julie in Calgary who is legally blind, they trained their dog to ring a bell when she needed to go out, because Julie couldn't always see her!
If we had trained Xander to ring for treats he never would have stopped. W&W are less food-motivated.
Cute.
I love this poem. The imagery is so strong and so vivid, esp. lines 5-6--perfect! Even reading it, the cadence shift adds to the meaning.
The last four lines...so impactful; every single reader can access this image immediately.
(I also love the way line 3 can be ambiguous: whispers can be a noun or a verb, and the line works beautifully either way)
Oh gosh, that bell is bringing back memories of when I worked a front desk at a ski resort in Colorado during winter and summer breaks. We had to hide the bell after some guests used it a bit TOO enthusiastically! Ahhhhh!!!
This is another beautiful poem with such an ominous tone!
It would be so cute if they started doing it, Jeanie... I'm going to keep plugging away at it. And thank you!
Max does ring the strand of bells on the door when he wants to go out, but not this desk bell... darn.
Aw, Xander!
Thanks!
Thank you, Nance! (I did NOT see the thing with "whispers.")
Lol, Lisa... Sorry that bell was a bit traumatic!
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