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Nearly [Poem]

4/26/2021

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Your lips move, but I can hear what you are thinking
All the sleepy conversation melts away
I watch my pen skip across the page
I know this feeling
I am dreaming
The same dream repeating
Where you and I are drunk on Chardonnay
halos of candlelight dance across your golden smile
and the warm night sweats every smooth surface
I drop my notebook and the cover flies open
You say, "You should write about yourself"
"Nobody knows where you have been,
"And it may be roses to somebody else
where you see only dandelions."
I am wrestling for a way to show you
that my handwriting is constantly changing
but I can't find the words for "nothing stays the same"
So you just sit back and look up at the stars
there are a million of them
and you put your hands this wide
like taking them home would be within your grasp
The pressed khaki seam of your slacks
comes down almost flat against your thigh
and there is wisdom and tiredness behind your eyes
even though you say you are up for poker
But suddenly the alcohol makes me slip
I can't remember where we were
so you call me a taxi
and I watch as your shirt billows between buttons
to reveal the buffed satin of your belly
as you cover the fare
When, God, the last thing I wanted
was for you to be a gentleman
From the book "Being" by Amber Jade
Copyright 2000 Amber Jade
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On Tour, No. 18, Vancouver [Poem]

4/26/2021

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Today was sunburnt skin
A man balanced rocks by the seashore in impossible poses
and she dropped a dollar in his tin
We wandered barefoot on the concrete walls above sunbathers
and basked in the newness of British Columbia air
listening to foreign tongues stilt and slip away from us on every side,
wafting in on silent breezes and out again
We gathered fresh fruit in a farmer's market
blueberries and raspberries, melons and peaches
and filled our bellies by the light of the setting sun on the grass by the bay
we watched the boats weigh anchor
and yachts of partygoers motor to and fro
until our limbs prickled with cold
forcing us to run back to the van to keep warm
Writing by candlelight
we made poetry of our night on the north shore
where the waters sparkled like fireworks with the city lights
and we watched the moon hang low and full on the horizon
the harvest moon
lulled us to sleep
From the book "Being" by Amber Jade
Copyright 2000 Amber Jade
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anatome [Poem]

4/26/2021

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It has come time for endings
It has come time for goodbyes
With careful, slow moves I cut myself from the tapestry
I unbraid and leave frayed edges swollen and stinging
I work despite the dull ache of my muscles
The tearing of some ephemeral skin
I weep and the salty tears sting
I crawl and my wounds scream
I gather my pieces
and cast off the limbs that refuse to come clean
Only what I can carry
heart, liver, lungs
my backbone drags behind through the dust
I am streamlined, next to nothing
The golden arrow of my spirit nearly naked, translucent
I pull dreams back in upon myself
gossamer intentions flutter
like the fragile netting of spider's webs
that have been strung to the far reaches of heaven
and will recess into the womb of my creation
to be rebuilt anew
From the book "Being" by Amber Jade
Copyright 2000 Amber Jade
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Day Crowd [Poem]

4/26/2021

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Glenn and Joe
Pull off their shoes
Compare soles
Rubber to leather
Discuss the best
floor for
softshoe
Dancing with
bad knees
Put back Bud Lights
Keep jukebox
time on the bar
Sing along
Glenn and Joe
Comparing soles
Discuss
softshoe but
Hardshoe
themselves
into the
floor


From the book "Being" by Amber Jade
Copyright 2000 Amber Jade
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