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Crab Tree The crab apple tree whistles me
to sleep and scratches the window
with branches like tongues warning
me of the sun. In the summertime
she drops her sour fruit that spoil in
the heat and covers herself with
blossoming ovaries— every honeybee
drunk on her absinthe. Her sinewy
branches hang with a certain fulsome
weight and in the slightest breeze her
dragonfly leaves quiver to some
tumultuous inner fire.
Prostitute she struggles from the hardwood like a creamy stallion
drowning in a raging surf. her limbs

the appendages of a white crab spider sprawl bent,
slender supple bones. her eyes

caked on fingernails caked on like dried blood caked
onto her fleshy thighs. her eyes

are wooden chambers locked stone hollow, key swallowed,
dwindling human. Although

her fingertips are faultless pearls, beet hair stiffened curls,
vision whirls, she's still a girl. the atmosphere

folds in like an origami crane collapsing slowly, sharp
corners slicing mostly. Pelvis bony, snowy

shivers, scintillating silver rivers (stream) dampen her tinder.

a dream: li
Cyclone - Haikus 1
dark green waters churn.
churning black thunder blares, bursts
the tempest roaring.

2
naked suspended
pale pearly pallid flesh fermenting—
drowning in a storm.

3
an ivory gull,
ocean whitecaps like wingtips,
struggles in the gale.

4
watery cliffs pound.
heavy currents spiraling,
sailboat asunder.

5
furious skies rain
ropes like acerbic knives strike
a stolid rotting pier.

6
the offing glows red.
calmed teal waters lap ashore:
ensuing stillness.
Cornsnake dust green shoots shoot upwards framing
grey darkly lined rolling heads of thunder.

heavy heads of golden knots ripple down like
teeth and crack the stalk, egret birds and crows aflock.

strong, silver, slivered lightning enlivens a
sinewy coral line lithe like twine; thunder keeps in time.

half lumps lulling loosely (half digested rats
settle in tract) slithering into wilting corn sacks.

the first rain ravages the field reeking dust, pools
into corn husks, steeps a cornsnake coiled coral rust.
Tropics tamarillo, tamarind,
tumpong flute fluttering free lilting hymn;
melody wrapped tropical tree.
notes waft:
breezing bluebottles (aqua sea).
heavy humid air.
glorious sun soaked prickly pear.

brown turgid bellies bloat with
citric thick trickling sap
lapped from liquor-laden fruit.

humming wasps hang, whirring
heavy wings heaving.
blackbird wings heaving in
clover green leafy
trees dripping humidity.
heady fragrant heavy dew.
blackbird stalking heavy fruit.

darkly inky beaks
pierce golden amber sticky meat.
pale juicy pores pour juices.
swollen flesh suspended:
firm, round,
hovering
papaya.

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Prostitute

by ~intercostal

she struggles from the hardwood like a creamy stallion
drowning in a raging surf. her limbs

the appendages of a white crab spider sprawl bent,
slender supple bones. her eyes

caked on fingernails caked on like dried blood caked
onto her fleshy thighs. her eyes

are wooden chambers locked stone hollow, key swallowed,
dwindling human. Although

her fingertips are faultless pearls, beet hair stiffened curls,
vision whirls, she's still a girl. the atmosphere

folds in like an origami crane collapsing slowly, sharp
corners slicing mostly. Pelvis bony, snowy

shivers, scintillating silver rivers (stream) dampen her tinder.

a dream: lily petals dissolve into the hardwood like cream
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~Mercury-the-Queen Apr 4, 2012
I can't stop reading this out loud. The rhythm you have here is perfect. Stunning!

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*rxXCakeChanXxin Feb 27, 2012
S-so...sad. :(

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~Chobits-Chik Feb 10, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
This is just amazing, the flow is just brilliant and the words too. I feel as if I am there.

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~Laws-Jazzhands Feb 9, 2012
A very interesting, depressing, conversation sparking, emotion/opinion inspiring, poem.

It reminds me of a story I was once working on where one of the characters had a shitty life growing up and every time something nice happened to her, the people would die or go missing when she least expected it. Eventually she would turn to prostitution, murder, and witchcraft....and most of it began with being an orphan, homeless, getting raped during her teenage years and just when her life was about to change....it did...in a terrible way.

I never really finished that story I started getting used to the cycle involved and where it went... perhaps I'll finish it later.

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Mood: Joy ~Laws-Jazzhands Feb 9, 2012
oh and congrats on the DD

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~LemonPetals Feb 9, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
The tension in this is great and how the words seem to stop and start again I love how this is written!
Fabulous work and congratulations on the DD you deserved it!

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~Ristar3487 Feb 8, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Sounds like a Cream song.
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Mood: Love ~brozedragon45678 Feb 8, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Just LOVE how you wrote this.

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~KaiyaGold Feb 8, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
This is incredibly beautiful and well written...
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~blankfaceisclaimed Feb 8, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
i have nothing against choppy, since my own poetry style cuts off a lot. but i think the wording is a bit muddled. particularly the third stanza/couplet, where the words repeat several times without punctuation. and it appears that some of your words are missing. or rather, it would flow better if some prepositions were added in. just my observations, you don't have to use them if you don't want to. ^^

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Crab Tree The crab apple tree whistles me
to sleep and scratches the window
with branches like tongues warning
me of the sun. In the summertime
she drops her sour fruit that spoil in
the heat and covers herself with
blossoming ovaries— every honeybee
drunk on her absinthe. Her sinewy
branches hang with a certain fulsome
weight and in the slightest breeze her
dragonfly leaves quiver to some
tumultuous inner fire.Crab Tree by ~intercostal
Prostitute she struggles from the hardwood like a creamy stallion
drowning in a raging surf. her limbs

the appendages of a white crab spider sprawl bent,
slender supple bones. her eyes

caked on fingernails caked on like dried blood caked
onto her fleshy thighs. her eyes

are wooden chambers locked stone hollow, key swallowed,
dwindling human. Although

her fingertips are faultless pearls, beet hair stiffened curls,
vision whirls, she's still a girl. the atmosphere

folds in like an origami crane collapsing slowly, sharp
corners slicing mostly. Pelvis bony, snowy

shivers, scintillating silver rivers (stream) dampen her tinder.

a dream: liProstitute by ~intercostal
Cyclone - Haikus 1
dark green waters churn.
churning black thunder blares, bursts
the tempest roaring.

2
naked suspended
pale pearly pallid flesh fermenting—
drowning in a storm.

3
an ivory gull,
ocean whitecaps like wingtips,
struggles in the gale.

4
watery cliffs pound.
heavy currents spiraling,
sailboat asunder.

5
furious skies rain
ropes like acerbic knives strike
a stolid rotting pier.

6
the offing glows red.
calmed teal waters lap ashore:
ensuing stillness.Cyclone - Haikus by ~intercostal
Cornsnake dust green shoots shoot upwards framing
grey darkly lined rolling heads of thunder.

heavy heads of golden knots ripple down like
teeth and crack the stalk, egret birds and crows aflock.

strong, silver, slivered lightning enlivens a
sinewy coral line lithe like twine; thunder keeps in time.

half lumps lulling loosely (half digested rats
settle in tract) slithering into wilting corn sacks.

the first rain ravages the field reeking dust, pools
into corn husks, steeps a cornsnake coiled coral rust.Cornsnake by ~intercostal
Tropics tamarillo, tamarind,
tumpong flute fluttering free lilting hymn;
melody wrapped tropical tree.
notes waft:
breezing bluebottles (aqua sea).
heavy humid air.
glorious sun soaked prickly pear.

brown turgid bellies bloat with
citric thick trickling sap
lapped from liquor-laden fruit.

humming wasps hang, whirring
heavy wings heaving.
blackbird wings heaving in
clover green leafy
trees dripping humidity.
heady fragrant heavy dew.
blackbird stalking heavy fruit.

darkly inky beaks
pierce golden amber sticky meat.
pale juicy pores pour juices.
swollen flesh suspended:
firm, round,
hovering
papaya.Tropics by ~intercostal
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