Poetry:
glass thoughts + ruminations ad infinitum

Erica Woiwode
MA Student in Literature and Writing Studies Program
California State University, San Marcos
E-mail: emwoiwode@aol.com

glass thoughts

instant mind-shatter –

your doting mouth-tones
bring little comfort
after dramatic
scaling of my
cellophane-walled soul –

water-logged expressions
work their labored
way out of your
mirrored blue lens –

is it another you
you see, or the
complex configurations
of one lost?

 

rumination ad infinitum….                    4/10/03

all hell breaks
when the
l-o-o-s-e
thoughts come –
as if heaven
slammed shut
its gates, and
screaming became
the only form of

c-o-m-m-u-n-i-c-a-t-i-o-n –

blistering depths
scathing nonsensical
analysis, phrases, images,
thoughts, feelings,
thoughts
again –
and
again –
jumbled, like
so much toxic
waste in nether-
netherland –
brilliant mind
or insanity’s
rantings –
                        or both?
either way,
the aliens
clearly chose
the wrong
girl for
this job....

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