Jul
19
2010

Magpie Prompt Poem

datePosted on 19:23, July 19th, 2010 by EKSwitaj

Check out my photograph, Erqi, in GUD Issue 6.

June 2005

every fire extinguisher turned into a book that summer
their pages were printed letterpress with the heavy kind of punch
     makes girls swoon
                         some of us are sensitive to ink fumes
                               and blue is worse than black
  don't forget puce                 is healing
                               and no one wants to see that

imagine arranging upside down metal
characters in eight-point font
                                                MO
                                                -ADID TYPE
                                                EXTINGUISHER
                                                R FIRE
                                                BOTTOM UP
and you'll know how lost I felt
whenever he kissed me

after he raped me

every fire extinguisher turned into a book
I could open street or subway signs
name the plot or rhythm
          which might have been forced ecstasy
          but it wore off
     and leaves of red & yellow
  turned brown beneath rain & feet

I left the city
signs were only signs          and I discovered arrows
again                            I wd've let anyone
                                hose me down if only heat
& open hydrants had reappeared
written in response to Mag 23

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10 Responses to “Magpie Prompt Poem”

  1. Stafford on July 19th, 2010 at 8:38 pm

    Like you I agonised over the part lines (clues to a reconstruction). Appreciate the insight into a wider understanding that created: the partial nature of all information!
    Stafford\’s last blog ..In the lifetime of a tooth

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  2. brian on July 19th, 2010 at 9:29 pm

    love the way you constructed this…and it packs quite a punch…pain.
    brian\’s last blog ..Wild Ginger

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  3. willow on July 19th, 2010 at 9:33 pm

    I am nutty about puce.

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    • EKSwitaj on July 20th, 2010 at 4:03 pm

      It’s one of those words I still remember where I learned. Bridge to Terabithia.

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  4. willow on July 19th, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    loved your Prague pics, btw
    willow\’s last blog ..the plight of the pig

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    • EKSwitaj on July 21st, 2010 at 3:20 pm

      Thanks. I still have about 150 to put through post-processing

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  5. Tumblewords on July 20th, 2010 at 1:21 am

    Powerful piece – the format you use works so well with your strong words. Wonderful!

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  6. D.S. Lear on July 20th, 2010 at 1:27 pm

    very creative powerful piece!
    D.S. Lear\’s last blog ..Word Heat

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  7. Jingle on July 21st, 2010 at 1:46 am

    very creatively and wonderfully done.
    Jingle\’s last blog ..Magpie Tale-One Thousand Candles

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  8. twitches on July 21st, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    I like the seeming chaos of the poem’s format – it fits the content and makes the reader (almost) seek for answers.

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