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Three Silk Sheets
written by Orelinde08:38 AM 2/8/05Among red silk sheets, beneath a deep night comforter
worn muscles relax to the scent of apple cinnamon candles.
Hair splays across a sack of duck down while a languid mind
tours over decisions on what color the sheets should truly be.
Tests are planned and carried out; three silk sheets will be tried.
A different color for each week: blue, green, and ever-happy yellow.
Blue, the most favored color among the test subjects,
is laid down with gentle care and she smiles to herself.
However, curled within them Blue has a suffocating grip -
holding her tightly, obsessively, possessively, but she fights.
Though she manages to last the week, having given chances
her blue sheets instilled in her a potent anxiety - she pulls them off.
Folding them - she places them safely into the closet.
Green does sound a better choice, reminding one of Earth,
but green feigns comfort, support, resting only with envy.
Domineering as blue but not so obsessed Green would struggle,
trying to keep the sleeper forever enwrapped in charmed liquid ideas.
Green is only a feeble sand bar, and she wishes not to be its tidal bore;
so taking up the shears (in a mighty battle) she rent Green from her bed.
Not knowing where to put the bits and pieces, she burns them in the place.
Nearly disheartened now she pulls the yellow sheets out of a small bag;
gulping she thinks, yellow is a blissful color, and rests them on the mattress.
Lying in them a grin flutters across her face as they kiss her cheeks.
These sun-dappled sheets are more caring and tender than the others,
but this does not make her feel safe, for they are indifferent.
Not caring to have sheets with such a personality, removal is swift.
Sadly and with bitterness she opens a door and as if cautious, lets them fly.
Blue sits in the closet, Green is ash in the fireplace, and Yellow went to the breeze.
For a moment her shoulders slump, and the indolent mind is filled with naught,
but there piled (and surely crumpled) are the warm red silk sheets.
Thoughts of discarding them are now absurd and she snatches them up,
softly singing her apologies for having been so inane as to take them off.
Forgiveness is quick; they flutter lovingly back down onto the bed, spreading out.
Letting out a relieved breath she sleeps in the arms of her red sheets as his tender
kisses wander over her body, and she dreams of him, her beautiful red silk sheet. |
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Author's footnotes and comments on this Poem:
Yes the sheets are supposed to take on a human persona, yes they represent people in my life. Yes, those sheets happen to represent male people in my life. No I don't think you should feel bad for them. Especially not Green. God damn Green scared me, he really did. But I love Red.
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| » Comments / Feedback | by darkflames (2-8-2005 - 08:41 AM)
| This is excellent. Now that right there, is a real poem. A true writers poem man. You got an amazing talent |
by zver (2-8-2005 - 08:42 AM)
| what a fuking douch queer dude ur a fuking faget u little pnazy " under silk sheet muscles relax" fuking a u gay my verison of ur poem under silk sheet u lie dead no one realy cares ppl dont wnat u as a mater of fact ppl kiled u by throwing rocks at ur ugly as head and then crusified u by the balls fuck u fag |
by darkflames (2-8-2005 - 08:50 AM)
| zver dude, what's your issue?? gotta insult everybodys poems man. you read that over again, and if you cant see that that's a good poem, then you don;t know what poetry really is |
by zver (2-8-2005 - 09:00 AM)
| i read it again and nope no it still sucks go figure |
by darkflames (2-8-2005 - 09:09 AM)
| zver, you're straight up krazy |
by omegadrax (2-13-2005 - 05:00 AM)
| these comments are classic. i am going to make them into a poem. lol. |
by Orelinde (2-13-2005 - 05:13 AM)
| gah can't believe I accidentally commented as a guest. Well I'm glad you could find some use for those comments omega |
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