Michaela A. Gabriel
Stray
Splinters - 9 Poems
© 1998 by Michaela A. Gabriel and gangan books australia
Stray Splinters
some day never
only in a land where
the sun rises in the west
you'll hurt no more than a
needle scratching a clumsy
love message in my heart
or a stray splinter
soaked in my morning milk(27 02 1998)
under water
the Great Fish In The Big Ocean
is muttering
to his neighbour
the Bright Blue Starfish
a frenzied account
of Life Love and Deaththe Coral
not understanding
anything
nod their heads(27 06 1998)
outlaw
in this
state of yellow emotions
Blue Fingernails are a
capital offence
as much as
Fish Swimming Backwards
in concentric fountains
of fear(10 07 1998)
unwanted gift
the gift of a
siren's song
would do me
no goodmy love's not
of the killing kind
and i'm not made
for a black widow's life(24 07 1998)
salt & pepper
salt and pepper
hate each otherit's quite obvious
they never talk;
not on my table(25 08 1998)
tumbling
the moon is almost full
and stars shy away
from her hungry touch
like breadcrumbs being swept
off a silent tableas you let go of my hand
i tumble into space
turning cartwheels in your mind
an icecream flavoured girl
embraced by murmuring moonlight(04, 06 09 1998)
midnight station
vertical sounds
stapled to
metallic breathing
in empty midnight stationsmoons trespassing
through corroded gates
call abandoned dreams
to dance(02, 04, 09 10 1998)
klänge
verdünnte klänge
halbhoch, vertieft
tropfen aus augenwinkeln
im bleiernen rhythmus
der stadtdu
verschluckst dich
blauäugig
an ihnen(04 10 1998)
augenblicke
wir löffeln
silberne augenblicke
ausungeduldig
kopfüber
in konvexen spiegeln
aus stahl(04 10 1998)
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