Tuesday, October 18, 2016

The unexpected stop



The train is on time
on tracks, on days
up nights
Friction, sparks
little starlight
on the horizontal ladder
connections
from here to there
To where?
On the cold ticket
printed defined destinations
Liar
Deranged train
Grabbing the tracks
tricking hearts
with the warmth you produce
but your essence is cold metal
lethal
Captive in your sits
the passengers
glued stiffs
smiles,
sniffs
so many ifs…
Cringe your silver teeth
moving skiff
Let me out
Set me free
Stop rushing me there
Open Sesame!
Untied hair
The golden treasure:
just dust
a day
thin air
from within the fountain
new words
as poetry pours
from every pore
in flair gush
and no more

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Tea party at five



Pink clouds
get out of my way
I must go, this is the day!
Silk or lace?
What shade?
Smart hat, pink or lilac?
It must be soft
as the words we must speak
as the cotton-candy sky
as the solemnity of the blooms
The sweet scented petals
caressing soft
as feathery touch on the ear lobe
Taffeta on the table
ancient thin porcelain cups
hand painted blue, glazed in history
There will be delicate little poetry
made of sugar and flower
fruits of delights on crystal towers
Silver reflecting the glorious afternoon
Little bits of hair escaping the golden pin
At five o’clock
I will be having tea with the queen
she will smile at my awkward courtesy
Her best Mona Lisa smile
and I will gaze into her eyes
as if gazing the stars
The tea pot will be boiling then
and I will steam
on the mystery of the sphinx
Will it be deciphered?
Or will she devour me?
Poise, softness, grace
on glass shoes
fly or break
tic tac
and I will keep the moment
on the iron chain of the memories
at the end I will complement her china
she will tell me I can keep it
and when I bow to say good bye
she will be gone
and I will start to weep
and break the cups, the teapot, the plate
and before I leave the gate
I shall have yet a new mosaic


To Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II on her 90th Birthday


Wednesday, April 6, 2016

True love: Spring love





Hail Earth, lovely Earth
Love blossoms in spring forms
Chirping creatures, distant echoes
Rushing sounds of airplanes
Blue sky, the same sky
Always opalescent in quadratic seasons
Port foundations
Of the great journey, the enigma
Grasses swaddled in blankets of myosotis
Tiny blue boons
Fattening bumblebees
Distilling in honey the sweet indigo
If only love could come back this way…
Overflowing the heart
Impregnating minds
If we could only follow the way
As  birds do
Oh dear spring
Fecund bud called love
Birthing in nuances, fragrances, in colors
If only the glory of this spring
Could rapture souls, wash wars
We would once again wash on the river,
drink from  springs
Who knows then what would say
The promised twilight
To the distant horizon

Facebabel



In the name of the book
The book of face
Faces
On the face of the book
Liberty faces
Apex of humanity

Together congregated
In the temple of the Titans
Hiperion and theia
The new parents

Fiber optic castle
Binary utopicallity
Of the anti-phylum
Technological monolingualism

A single mouth
Omnipresent shouting
omniscience chaos
pinnacle of  human pride

On Pandora’s profile
Smiling faces,
Doctorate
Pictures of blue Caribbean waters
A child in the womb
A new car
- What a mansion!
Optical happiness’s
Celebrated disgraces
Bother

Ftono likes
It’s what thea sees
But shares with kronos
Intensionally planning
To through their children
In the abysses of Gaia

From Pandora’s box
Comes all evil of the world
But the worst
Is the though
That all thoughts will fit
The same tiny box

Share, like
Ignore
Oh the pain of the ignored…

Face to face claim
Babel, babel, babel

Spear your tribes to the borders
Spread
Nosce te Ipsum
Confuse with the ones that understand you

Children,
May your face
Not deface others
Don’t wake up Krono’s rage
Refuse to speak the same language

Freedom of expression
Is to express
Not to outrage other’s thoughts
What greed to consider
That we ever spoke
Or will ever come to speak
Someday the same language

The betrayed mother dreams
That Reia must give birth
The the affable interface
That will touch clicks







Tuesday, March 8, 2016

On being tough - Happy Women's Day!

On being tough
 
 

Sunday morning
Woke up in a hurry
Wore my Avon dress
Tuck the stomach in
Wore gray fishnets
And a delicate pair
Of bright purple heels
Got the child ready for church
Fixed our hair
Baked cheese bread
Made until late
The night before
Right after
I filtered my self-distilled wine
To wait thirty more days of fermentation
Same time I was cooking the potatoes
Teaching the child
To be careful in the kitchen
Making home made gnocchi
A gourmet food we can’t afford at a restaurant
When the economy is so bad
Could not hide the dark circles
Under the eyes
The birthday invitations
For the child have to get done
Even if one AM
Back to the descending
of those steps
Here come this really tough two teen girls
Basic clichés:
Piercings
Tattoos
Dark skulls
Spike dirty looking hair
Raggedy jeans
Nasty shoes
Really original
Giggling uncontrollably
As they passed by
A good morning:
- Take off those fishnets EW
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Three steps down
I realize it was in fact for me
I walk to the car
Sit the child in the car seat
Calmly still in disbelief
I take my seat
I wish to have telepathic abilities
To get into those naive minds
Just to tell them
About being tough
Tough was being a teen
Without proper clothes
Not even for a job interview
Tough was to get that no
“because your style does not fit my company”
For I had mom’s clothes on
Bleeding feet
From shoes too small
to fit my dreams
Tough is not having money for lunch
When you are only eighteen
Tough is going through college
At night after work
Without a shower or food
And have always
Someone with a wonderful sense of humor
Laughing
At the tangerine you sneak in
At the mud in your shoes
Those tattoos of yours
Will never compare
to what nature will do to you
Are you ready?
Around the corner
The white hairs will all show
The wrinkles will surface
You could be too thin
Too fat
Too poor
Too dumb for that job you wish
I hope I could tell you in this second
When almost on the corner
You still look back
Expecting a reaction
Tough is to know honey
I can’t fix you
Only you can do that
And I pray you do so
I hope that when nature
Sculpts in your body
You can look at that wrinkled face
And face yourself proud
Of the wise woman you have become
I am not standing
Against your tattoo, piercings
Or whatever tough looking paraphernalia
It’s OK to be cool
Just don’t mix up things
And become a fool
Go back home
And hug those books
Your best friends I ensure
I know that’s though hum
To leave your friends
In such beautiful day
To be caged with a book
And learn something if you may
Your youth states
You have all the time of the world
And that will end with a dreadful shock
When that mirror faces you back
And tell you time is up
When you have dark circles
Spider veins
Pains
Creepier than that skull on your shirt
Is to feel there is one inside your head
And that image will no longer feel
As tough if you will
I wish you could save that toughness
To use in strength
When your baby is with strangers
And you miss that train
Tough is to go back to work
And find coworkers envious
For how dare you had time out
On maternity leave
Tough is to breast-feed your child
Until year one
To pump in the bathroom
With people counting time
At the door
And giving you a scolding
For you are not “engaged” any more
Tough is to overhear man talking
Of women’s enlarged vaginas after birth
Tough is to start freaking out
That the stupidity could be true
You have just been divined
By bearing a soul
And most men worry
How big is the hole
I know you must be wishing
Not to finish this
“I can’t believe she went there”
I am sorry to say
but that’s the kind of though
I am trying to convey
You need to be strong
Please listen to what I say
You think drugs are though?
Though is to say no
To be the dumb square
No one wants to say hello
Tough is to keep it in your pants
When your body is also in flame
When your desires screams yes
Your mind says you are insane
Don’t mix yourself
Your pure self
That could do so great in this life
With someone who’s intents
You don’t even know
Be wise
Men are big lovers
Women you know
Focus on the big picture
Don’t be fooled by my fishnets
I am as fragile
As your wisdom can get
My heels are part
Of my armor
There is a war out there
May you have in your backpack
At least one lipstick
With red message
Not for your lips
A message of strength
As the substance in your veins
Are you tough?

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Yellow umbrella




Lost in the gray
darkness, mold, wet, cold
No faces, black umbrellas in the way
heavy coats, dark array
severe places, and it rains

We meet in the twilight
it was as yesterday
The room was clouded
Inside the open oak armoire,
shadows fade

Reflection of us
on the door's antique mirrors
The only sound persists
insists to rain
Spinning as on a wheel
molded pieces of clay
complete puzzle
condensation on the glasses
over ripened strawberries
Molasses
Us
Breathing soothingly with the rain

Melting dreams of sun
Then comes next day,
another rainy day in May
Remain silent, done
We just go away


Lost in the gray
darkness, mold, wet, cold
No faces, black umbrellas in the way
heavy coats, dark array
severe places, and it rains

We will meet in the bent
no longer friends Huck
The crosswalk in black contrasting
the white as chalk
It will be our runway
we will meet halfway
Don't stop, just keep your pace
no alterations
impassible face
On the other side tie your shoe lace
as we record our last glimpse
And to tell you how I feel
to scream over that insidious drizzle
I shall draw my yellow umbrella
as the sun it will shine warm
memories
Melting candles, sweaty silk
and in your satin neck
Crimson
of my lipstick








Monday, February 8, 2016

Open window


Through the lace
The wind swirls
Whirling tongue
Tasting my face

Mysterious,
Buzzing swish
Transparent as the wings
Of invisible dragonfly

Dipped into the hues
The night whispers
Rays of a possible
Not yet full moon

She is there,
I feel her slender fingers
Caressing, hissing
Insidiously insisting

Up, wake up

The eyelids are shut
The dream wide open
Do not awaken love…
I tell in my heart,
Until the brumes
Dissipate into new dawn

Instead,
Let me sleep
Hold my hand
Pull your wings
Keep warm my bare hips

Sleep with me
Sweet inspiration
Sleep


Tuesday, February 2, 2016

The Call



A knock (...)
Open the door
please let in the music of the wind, the waters, the roars
the time is now for a new Woodstock

Incessantly life knocks
to deafs by choice
It wants to play the strings
of a tuned heart
it wants the metronome
of your binary tic toc

And all you hear is the ring
You're compassed by the clock
you ignore that tingling tongue
Your soul, screaming lyre
wants to break out in song

Not a place anymore,
not an icon to ever adore
your throat is dry
and the song is sweet
let out the big scream
make your angels go to sleep

If your honey drips
from smiley happy lips
let in the music of the wind
dig a well ever so deep

The day you understand
The wisdom of the insipidity
Quench your thirsty mouth
Clean the palate, let water roll down halls

Continuous sounds will make noise
but your voice, let it out
listening closer when the pause comes
Silence and sound
Fast and slow
Vibrant and sad
be a pendulum
like the world

A knock (...)
Do you hear me now?

Friday, January 22, 2016

Kiss


"Let words do what lips do, they kiss",

They cry
Tears and crystals
Snowflakes and fears

Words of salt, tasty
Cured
Jerked piece of meat

Words of sips
Exploding in flavors
Alas in Insipidity
Spit on paper

Words of encounters
Distilling drips of honey
Inebriating
Burning

And the master echoes within
“Let words do what lips do,
They kiss”

Eve plucks the apple
Hypnotized by the snake’s hiss
Bloody
Red on red

The apple kisses the lips


To  George Wallace, the poet, whom inspired this poem with the first line he adapted from Shakeaspere