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The Composition of Bestowing by *StrayedMusician:iconStrayedMusician:



She incubates his larvae of words,
string them along her hair and wears the novel
like a crown of Christmas-jewels: the composition of bestowing.

Music molds from ears,
the pigeons aren't flying anymore,
instead, they walk, drink afternoons as if it were tea;
clothes hang from thin wires like bags of fat,
cleanse the street's perfume from angry men,
and a stranger's life is lost for a day's ration.

Knuckles bust, eyes swell, his love
is filthier than before and his lips rob the silvers
from her mouth, vomit her screams, her moans,
his flesh, her soul; he shudders in a whisper

you are beautiful

and she smiles, his name, slurring along with every syllable,
smearing every tick in the clock of his bedroom wall.
©2007-2009 *StrayedMusician
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:iconthelemaj:
Wonderful. I understand it so well.

--
The fiery windowsills of a setting sun.
:iconstrayedmusician:
A ti, tudo entrego.

--
A ton étoile.
:iconthelemaj:
Podes crer D:

--
The fiery windowsills of a setting sun.
:iconstrayedmusician:
-grins-

Com certeza.

--
A ton étoile.
:iconfrozenrapids:
beautifully written

--
youre not alone
there is more to this I know
you can make it out
you will live to tell...
-saosin
:iconstrayedmusician:
Thank you kindly.

--
A ton étoile.
:iconsynith:
This is a fine piece. Your writing has come a long way.

Cheers.

-S

--
It's kinda like being shot out of a cannon in slow motion.
:iconiscariot-priest:
I love the opening lines, but feel lost as the poem progresses. The second stanza is rather distracting, but maybe I'm just biased against pigeons :XD:

I'll comment stanza by stanza.

Stanza 1
[Line 2]
string them along her hair and wears the novel
>I believe "string" is grammatically incorrect. Either say "she strings" or "stringing".

Stanza 2
[line 1]
Music molds from ears,
>line 1 seems unrelated to line 2, so the comma becomes a point of confusion.

[lines 2 & 3]
the pigeons aren't flying anymore,
instead, they walk, drink afternoons as if it were tea;
>lovely lines. They would be stronger if not linked to the following lines. I understand they all discribe a street, but it isn't always necessary to string words into long sentences [oh god!] I just reread the first stanza, and I'm guessing the long sentences are intentional. If so, ignore my rambling about sentences being too long. ^^;

--
“Now me lay down
to sleep.
Mow da zeebas down
like sheep.
Give dem to me
nice and dead.
Me no happy
‘til me fed.”

-Bedtime prayer of crocs (Pearls Before Swine)
:iconstrayedmusician:
Ahh why thank you kindly for your constructional feedback. And yes, this is a very rough draft after all. Obviously I'll be going back to edit and such. As always, thank you.

--
A ton étoile.

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