Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Roof














The sheet of blue plastic,
In a corner,
On the pathway,
By the road.
When it pours
you’ll find limbs, toes,
a tail-
And patient eyes waiting
knowing
it would be over soon.

-Jason


   


Pull away my blankets
snatch my skies in one smooth move
and throw me out
roofless in the rain.
For that is the only way I shall ever taste
Again.

Water thou art
and to water 
thou shalt forevermore return.

-Nikita















Thursday, October 21, 2010

Feet






   


the marble floor
tarmac, sand and snow-
my feet have felt them all.

they carry me through
and every time i walk
these feet leave a trail-

look how far i've come.


-Jason


        


they were washed in rose water
wiped with the softest cloths
and painted with the finest designs.

the rites were performed correctly.

and then the bride
was told to step 
into a dish of colored water
and leave a bloody trail
all over her new home.

-Nikita














Friday, October 15, 2010

Red










Violet
Indigo
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
(and conspicuous by its absence-
staining teeth, bedsheets,
flower buds and thread)
Not the colour purple
but...

-Jason






she looked around for a sign.
fairy lights twinkled
from the sides of the street.
and endless rows
of tail lights
stretched ahead of her in lines.
both colored in the same vein.
and still they said
the most different things.
she looked around desperately
for a sign.

-Nikita