7 words
one last madness
bittersweet bound-less
pop more everything
is everything
less self
promotional floating
awkwardly in the doorway
glorious nonsense
but not too clever
please keep the fizz
ERICA LAPADAT-JANZEN
ART + WRITINGS + EVENTS
Tagged with poetry …
Happiness Machines
happiness machines
feed me happiness machines
let them flood, mouth to sole.
maladjusted remedy
and I will softly hum.
spoon feed me the words
whip off my chin
watch the alphagetti up-chuck
and poor pronunciation
spill through the floor
drip the sound in my eye
rub out the dust
lick away the white noise
pull the lashes one by one
no more songs of crocodile tears
’cause we hate happy endings
lets eat off our fingers and
embrace the paradox
The Tricycle
The tricycle
There was a pink tricycle,
in the middle of a short street,
on it a little girl,
only six.
There was a feeling,
a pang inside her chest,
caused her to rush home
alert her siblings
call for her dad
they arrived at the garage
three small figures huddled
in a lit doorway
looking in to the darkness
she reached out and touched
the awful weight
the sickening swing.
Damages and Muse in Woo Second Issue !
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Damages Poem
Damages
What did I expect.
Playing with tangled-
mass of corroded wire.
Remember peacock feather earrings,
skin secrets,
wrestling till it hurt;
protectively naive.
Poor choices can
leave one in fetal position,
an endless bath cycle
clutching ceramic comfort;
insta-womb.
Scraped out with a silver spoon,
sanded packed in limbs.
Now disintegrate into salt film
tinged jade.
Dissolve into virtual sex crimes,
float amongst 1s and 0s.
Paint on thicker skin,
reconstruct the hymen amide
muddled mindfuck.
Become wise, impenetrable,
pickled and rusted.
I am your shame,
hardened salt woman.
A bitter taste
spit me out
spat me out
My fingers are orange
and it doesn’t hurt.
I expect nothing.
Muse Poem
muse
I am the girl who has done little wrong
(unless you count the hearts).
I perch in the most impossible of places;
on pedestals and laps,
my mouth full of sweet detachment,
brushing against cheeks and cocks,
tender for today
My limbs cause jealousy
the gap between my thighs
is carefully observed
the graceful flop
as I twirl and fall into the sunset
I am the empty void,
a husk of dreams and expectations
my cheeks are paint splattered
my fingers smudged
but I cannot create
cannot touch the brush
I am bursting with war-winks,
conflict-kisses.
The alphabet is tattooed on my toes
and I dance the words
I want nothing more than everything
oral fixation
lips, gums, teeth, tongue,
such is my oral fixation
Teeth click,
desire sinking into flesh
to nibble on thoughts
They hide coy beneath the lips
baring themselves on occasion
thick changeable lips
wrap themselves around words and cigarettes
nervously wet by the tongue
stretch into well-meaning smiles
the tongue lashes and licks,
the ever touching, every tasting, ever mocking
caretaker of the mouth
it caresses the gums
teasing the sharp, the broken
I want to chew on your brain,
mull it over in my mouth,
ideas catching on the tip of my tongue
swallow and digest
resist teeth biting tongue
and the words spill out
dripping down my chin
youtube reading after the jump
Limbo
Limbo
The mechanics are jammed and the
the chemicals have smeared into
iridescent gas puddle ripples
clenching ice under my sternum
running upward into the throbbing heat
of a dripping sinus cavity
pinpricks
flood over the edge now and then
although the surface is still and smooth,
bloated and pink
a perfect suspension of time,
and wet limbs
I want to capture it
this raw empty numbness
avoid confronting it
(escape escape)
fog out and distract
through an endless bombardment of
stories, parties, chemicals and cock
feelings are lies
ambushing at the slightest nick
oily hurt bubbles up my throat
and I weep in the arms of strangers
Prance of the Drone
Prance of the Drone
We are clothed in monotonous
fluff jackets of saffron and onyx,
for bustling around,
hexagonal wax cells.
We indulge the Empress,
nourish her writhing offspring,
majestic salve.
More for the successor,
(We were not selected)
Oh the affairs of
the Nest.
We are the hoarders
of the precious fluid,
sweetening your tea.
We step the crossways.
This is the same as this poem, only different:
http://iamnotamorningperson.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/the-dance-of-the-honey-bee/
The Dance of the Honey Bee
I’ve decided to start posting my bad poetry. Enjoy.
Dance Of the Honey Bee
We dress in uniform,
fur coats of yellow and black,
and scuttle around,
our honeycomb city.
We serve the Queen,
nurse her wiggling children,
royal jelly.
Extra for the heir,
(We were not chosen)
Oh the politics of
the Hive.
We are the collectors,
of the prized substance,
served in your tea.
We dance the angles.
