Palinoia

· by · in poetry. ·

When caught with jam around your lips
you touch
that pause between a heartbeat and

the next

and tense in halfway rigor mortis,
in the gall and wormwood sense of death:
you know
you’ve dived too deep again.

You drown yourself and plea:
“Forgive me darling, please”.

She nods, and smiles –
reptilian.

And you’re breathless, frigid, left to catch
a second wind.
Cause it’s such a cinch
to brush the vintage grime of words
from chest and brow;

and crush the window-pane
to steal her apple-pies again.

Original by Salvador Dali

Original by Salvador Dali

This is linked to Mindlovemiseries wordle and toad’s Tuesday platform
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February 21, 2017

15 responses to “Palinoia”

  5. You drown yourself and plea:
    “Forgive me darling, please”

    A respite that often helps to deflect from a likely disaster. Often faced this sort of situation too!

    Hank

  7. I Googled the meaning of the word; I watched the movie of that name – and I’m still mystified. But yes, I too liked the lines thotpurge picked.

  9. I like the way you’ve the line breaks in this piece, Björn, for emphasis and effect, especially in the opening lines, which create a strong image.
    I also enjoyed the lines:
    ‘And you’re breathless, frigid, left to catch
    a second wind”

  13. There is an underlying sensuality to these lines.. and the imagery is so unexpected. I don’t know where your idea came from but this is a most exceptional piece of writing.

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