Pieces of Women
grooveamatic
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There is a small locked box under my bed
Where I keep pieces of women:
Strands of light thin hair found on my
black sweater's shoulders,
fingernail clippings given me in Spanish class,
jewelry left on bedside tables,
garments given me to wash,
scribbled, halfthought notes,
dropped, crevice-forgotten lipgloss
or eyeliner pencils,
things kept carefully pristine.
These things are all kept safely guarded
in a small locked box under my bed
visited occasionally in moments when I'm especially lonely
or times when I feel as though
the things that go unfulfilled in life
are the most true.
Lying on my bed
(with the light doing so-and-so)
I may occasionally rise,
hunker down on my knees,
and there
nestled among other private old things,
they rest,
waiting for my wild
hungry eyes.
Where I keep pieces of women:
Strands of light thin hair found on my
black sweater's shoulders,
fingernail clippings given me in Spanish class,
jewelry left on bedside tables,
garments given me to wash,
scribbled, halfthought notes,
dropped, crevice-forgotten lipgloss
or eyeliner pencils,
things kept carefully pristine.
These things are all kept safely guarded
in a small locked box under my bed
visited occasionally in moments when I'm especially lonely
or times when I feel as though
the things that go unfulfilled in life
are the most true.
Lying on my bed
(with the light doing so-and-so)
I may occasionally rise,
hunker down on my knees,
and there
nestled among other private old things,
they rest,
waiting for my wild
hungry eyes.
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hungry eyes"
I love this ending.
Nice poem!
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
And I want my fingernail clippings back, man!
Nice to see ya around, groovy!
It is quite definately both.
Nice to see some familiar faces still here. I miss you guys!
I am crazy sentimental. I keep almost everything. I keep mini-golf score cards! It's kinda a problem, really. You know what they say...you can't take it with you...
Nice to see ya, PN. Gawd I still have a huge crush on you.
really.
oh, we'd so holla if I went to Pennsy it'd be fun