Monday, September 1, 2008

Party Girl

Pretty drunk girl
with the dancing feet
is on the floor with gazelles
graceful and free

Pretty drunk girl
with the singing heart
is in the corner
with strangled cello voices and piano c(h)ords
barely breathing a part

Pretty drunk girl
with the stuffed-looking lips
is against the wall
a flower
in a pale thin slip

Pretty drunk girl
with the famished ears
is rising from a chair
transporting through
still air

Pretty drunk girl
with the frozen eyes
is in the skies
with powdered blue doves
and hushed cries

The pretty drunk girl
with the frozen eyes
lived to party
and
loved to die.
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12 comments:

  1. Stephen A. BessSeptember 2, 2008 at 6:50 AM

    This reminds me of Gwendolyn Brooks' poem, We Real Cool. Nice.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2008 at 4:42 PM

    You're really good, lol I want to put this somewhere & give you credit =D

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  3. Yasmeen ChristianSeptember 3, 2008 at 11:32 PM

    @stephen- Love that poem. Thank you.
    @luxury- Thank you. Do that. Pretty please.

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  4. Brown Girl GumboSeptember 4, 2008 at 6:08 AM

    Great stuff!! You're such a talent!! :-) You should charge us for reading such good poetry!

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  5. All-Mi-T [Thought Crime] RawdawgbuffaloSeptember 5, 2008 at 8:07 PM

    langstong hughes-esque

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  6. dejanaeSeptember 8, 2008 at 2:00 AM

    i like
    a lot

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  7. dessexSeptember 8, 2008 at 12:12 PM

    that was GREAT

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2008 at 8:21 AM

    that was great.

    by the way, im done with my mind being in mars, i have a new blog... head in the clouds...

    Asiaschitterchatter.blogspot.com

    paix.

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  9. nicoleSeptember 13, 2008 at 3:45 AM

    stephen bess... i so agree! i loved that poem too.

    I LOVED THIS!

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  10. DonSeptember 14, 2008 at 9:00 AM

    Sounds like she might have the right idea. I'm serious.

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  11. Yasmeen ChristianSeptember 15, 2008 at 11:15 PM

    @brown girl gumbo- Thank you. Much love.
    @torrance- Do you like Claude McKay's poetry?

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  12. Yasmeen ChristianSeptember 15, 2008 at 11:24 PM

    @dejanae- Your poems are good and long.
    @dessex- Thank you. You are so cool.
    @asia- Hey! You are cute and bright.
    @nicole- I will visit you soon.
    @don- Noooooo.

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