http://www.lovelypenguin.com poetry, prose and randomness Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:24:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reptile charms By Marie Gordon Your cool breath hovers Over shaking prey Your deep voice whispers Of gruesome fates Green-eyed mirrors beam Frames in shiny strands Deriving smooth greed From mousy sweats And trembling beads drip While glossy claws grin How weak is the heart That pulsates pleas How strong is the smile That breeds off cold flesh Jagged and silky The reptile’s charms http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/reptile-charms/ Molting By Marie Gordon You drag the razor Over your face And wriggle out Of your saggy skin With a sanguine smile Your skin slithers Your crow’s feet peel Off into the sink Twinkling green eyes grin In the mirror At shiny skin And the musky smell Of new flesh http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/molting/ Hunter By Marie Gordon I could smell you chirping With lemur eyes I could hear you cowering With mousy ears This forest reeks of you With twinkling leaves The bloody bark will dribble So eerie still How you scamper, rustling Snapping branches As you tumble into fate With thumping heart You are my sweet delight With tender meat Oh so delicately pierced By the hunter http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/hunter/ Taxidermy by Marie Gordon I slide my knife Under your fur Silky and groomed Sweet weasel What will I make Out of your pelt Maybe a hat Or a scarf What do you think Beady-eyed worm How do you sleep So soundly Do you recall Your last moments Taut in my grip Did you fear How you squirmed Little deer In the headlights Wide-eyed fiend Weasel, you’ve stitched Your final scheme Woven and dried Sweet ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/taxidermy/ Disposable By Marie Gordon You dropped me Like a plastic razor You toss in the can After a dull shave You cleaned up The little black fragments Of hair in the sink And you forgot me As I sobbed Little red specks faded Into the fabrics In my laundry pile Red turns brown As time forgets that blood Once vital soon dies Or so I was told So ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/disposable/ Playing cross-sections By Marie Gordon Take a slice of my bone As if I were a tree And try to guess my age From traces of old breaks Take a piece of my brain As if I were a chip Insert it in your drive Will you watch my story Maybe you’ll hide your screen Or turn the volume down Even if ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/playing-cross-sections/ Laundry heap romance By Marie Gordon Don’t look at me I’m not the one Who frosted the cupcakes With a fork You crush my hopes Of eating out Nibbling carry-out wings By myself You leave the sink After shaving Littered with chest hair You chuckle Then patronize The one that scrapes Your chocolate bunnies Off the floor If you loved me You would vacuum The tile at minimum So I thought I’ve ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/laundry-heap-romance/ Love tough By Marie Gordon I’ll wait up for you ‘til three Fold your faded shirts And iron your slacks As if to nudge you along I’ll watch you from the sidelines For the trailing match And cheerlead you on Hang in for another round I’ll sweep up the broccoli Left from your cooking And hope you take note Of me or the ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/love-tough/ Said the tree to the squirrel By Marie Gordon If I feed you for life Will you be my squirrel Will you scamper over me And entertain If I nourish your games Will you let me watch Or stand in for a picture And be your friend If I give you a home Will you be my squirrel That scratches and climbs ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/said-the-tree-to-the-squirrel/ The ever-moon by Marie Gordon It’s 3am at night I’m ticking half awake You’re in the foggy grey That’s clouding my contacts In my empty beer can Over the piling trash My eyes fall comatose On the remnants of you You are the night that seeps And hollows out my brain You are the one that doused My giving with your greed Bring back ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/the-ever-moon/