Sunday, 23 June 2013

hubris

Stanley Kubrick for Look Magazine, 1949 
complex edge takes me away from the beaten tracks
we have become still pictures in this forest of feelings
my lie has grown so pale
answers are not needed now
you will throw the files
I will light that gas with this lighter
burning all the invisible mess

"still I need a class or two to unlearn you
but in the vintage mode"

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17 comments:

  1. Kay23 June 2013 at 09:56

    love love love the second line...fab!

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  2. Aurora Hylton23 June 2013 at 10:13

    I wasn't sure what to do with the Mag picture. Something might come to me yet.
    This poem makes me think of my first marriage at its end. Luckily the second one has worked out far better!

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  3. jabblog23 June 2013 at 10:44

    The end of a relationship is so hard to live through - hopefully, good memories will eventually be all that remain.

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  4. Jinksy23 June 2013 at 11:46

    Unlearning? Hmmm... difficult...

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  5. Sherry Blue Sky23 June 2013 at 11:49

    I love "we have become still pictures in this forest of feelings". Wowzers!

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  6. Tess Kincaid23 June 2013 at 13:32

    I especially like your concluding line in quotes...

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  7. oldegg23 June 2013 at 15:31

    It is a wonder that opposites stay together for so long. Perhaps admission of failure is worse than denial. Unlearning is something that can't be learned only endured. What a contemplative piece this is.

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  8. McGuffy Ann23 June 2013 at 17:09

    I really like this one! Well said.

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  9. brenda w23 June 2013 at 18:54

    Still pictures in this forest of feelings... Brilliant!!

    Here's mine:
    http://undercaws.com/2013/06/22/the-souls-arsonist/

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  10. Nana Jo23 June 2013 at 19:09

    The last line really resonates with me ..."unlearn you but in the vintage mode".

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  11. kaykuala24 June 2013 at 02:00

    I will light that gas with this lighter
    burning all the invisible mess

    A lot of wrongs and hiccups are rarely seen but are felt strongly by those at the receiving end! Truly said Gautami!

    Hank

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  12. Brother Ollie24 June 2013 at 07:04

    I can relate to this piece - got some of the hubris knocked out of me lately. Blesses I guess.

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  13. Susie Clevenger24 June 2013 at 16:06

    Great...unlearn difficult, but we can change. :) Love it!

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  14. Ella25 June 2013 at 07:35

    I love your ending...unlearning is so difficult, when emotions are tied inside! Well done

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  15. Helena25 June 2013 at 14:22

    What a cracking, finishing quote!

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  16. Myrna R.25 June 2013 at 19:14

    I've missed your clever, insightful and beautiful writing. Glad I read this one, very soulful.

    Hope you're doing well.

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  17. Sue26 June 2013 at 09:52

    I like that last line. Would that it were so easy, eh?

    =)

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