Sunday, October 6, 2013

Clever


Clever

It is an odd word
a bit like cleaver
a sly intelligence
hand you a saw
ripped from a nest
ripe flesh bleeds
swept in a basket
stars see a secret
you took a chance
you never blinked

5 comments:

  1. A bit chilling to contemplate the similarity between the words clever and cleaver. The poet is very perceptive.

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  2. We see the stars and stars see us but they never tell.

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  3. ah the dark side to this word combo - very clever

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  4. Sometimes when one takes a chance they end up with bruises and scars, but in the end, it was the right thing to do.

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  5. I have echoed visions of a chainsaw massacre!

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