Autumn
The leaves have abandoned
that chlorophyll thing
and are leaking yellows and reds
like a paint store catalogue.
Death (a slimverse)
A God’s voice
roaring: You!
You are not
in control.
Conversation with Slim
Me: Slim, in a previous post “Slim’s Advice Part 2” you said and I quote:
“Avoid Autumn and Death
they’ve been done before
there’s little more to say
on either score.”
Are you being ironic here in a self referential way?
Slim: No.
Me: “Slim, the first poem here is an outtake or revision of a previous poem (Slim’s Advice Part 3), are poems ever really finished?”
Slim:
“Words can be ‘
rearranged
if you just
talk to them.”
Lately, Slim has taken to talking in these 12 syllable bites he calls “slimverse” and I find it irritating and more than a little disturbing. So, as gently as I can, I say to him:
“Slim, that makes absolutely no sense to me, do you not think you are being a tad cryptic, a tad gnomic, if you keep on like this, you are danger of turning into a fucking garden ornament”
We haven’t talked since.
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Thank you for your very generous comment, and all the way from India too!
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Thanks for the comment and the support, enjoyed checking out your beautiful phptographs
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Oh dear… I think I have a crush on your brain.
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Well, thank you, I am flattered, enjoying your blog, keep up the good work!
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“words can be arranged …” Yes, that’s it.
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“rearranged” is what I meant. All of those words in careful arrangements. They feel like well-loved toys waiting to be played with over and over.
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Very well put! Thanks for checking out my blog, much appreciated!
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I could spend all day here…
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Thanks for dropping by, enjoying your blog too…Jim
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