You are the owl-shadowed wolf-
hour dreaming of dust-moths
dancing in afternoon sunshine.
the ballad barely remembered
but happily hummed
in the evening shower
In the dusk and at dawn,
you are the poetry scribbled
in haste on walls of
gas-station restroom
both riddle and answer
the reason I’m dying
in pieces
for each day I’m alive.
You are the manger and pyre,
oppressor and birthright,
the laws I’ve been bending
You are my reason for treason,
both rules of rebellion
and cause for compliance.
You my wonderful life.
Live ammo (Ha! Ha! Ha!) by Roy Lichtenstein
This is for my own prompt at dVerse where we write list-poetry.
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March 12, 2020
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Life is chock full of contrasts, is it not?
“the reason I’m dying
in pieces
for each day I’m alive.”
That is such a killer line and a cold truth.
I like the list of contrasts used to describe life especially the “riddle and answer”.
Marvellous – life is full of twists, contrasts, the passage never taken….
Life is a mixed bag of tricks, which you have illustrated so well in your poem.
You are my reason for treason …. I love that line! ☺️
Raivenne picked out the lines that struck me most.
Our minds were interlocked with this one. Your stirring piece illustrates all the subtle hints you outlined for us. Thanks for the plug, brother; atta-boys are hard to come by these days. You’re right, I use lists in a lot of my poetics.
As individually eclectic as our lives, Bjorn, so well described. (I’m still processing “manger and pyre”.)
great list … life is full of contradictions and your poem highlights that!
Great lines,
“the reason I’m dying
in pieces
for each day I’m alive.”
This is an inspiring write.
You are my reason for treason,
both rules of rebellion
and cause for compliance.
Brilliant lines!
Great poem, and the unity in duality comes great here. Between ice and fire… I have for long thought the world and us as the joke, the teller of the joke, the one laughing and the punch line. So no need to be so Sirius, when one can create something so beautiful! 😉
The paradoxes of life.
I adore this poem, start to finish!
Life is all of it. Why not celebrate? Love this!
Love the way this revolves Bjorn…”dust moths dancing” , “singing in the shower”, “gas station restrooms”…life happening!
kaykuala
both rules of rebellion
and cause for compliance.
Life can be fascinating given the care and thoughts behind it that make them fall into place if planned well.
Hank
Stunning images, Bjorn. You are on a roll.
Sounds like a good list to have for life.