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pitter patter
A season
of continuous rain
pitter patter
on my head;
the alarm clock doesn’t go off
I bump my head on the door
I cut myself shaving
I spill a little toothpaste
on my neck tie
and I’ve run out of milk;
when I get into my car
I’m low on gas
and on my way to work
the wet freeway turns into
a vast parking lot
of people going no where
and the rain keeps falling
pitter patter
pitter patter.
– matt at shadow of iris
pitter patter
vaudeville
Theater
my life on display
and a thousand people
looking out
and laughing
at my silly little tragedy
for them
great vaudeville.
– matt at shadow of iris
vaudeville
golem of stone
I don’t function
when you are far;
I’m a golem of stone
on a wall by the flowers,
a stale phantasm
that sits and waits
for the graceful wave
of your slender hand
followed by
its velvet touch;
a process of creation
infusing me with life
and leaving me
hungering
for just a little more
of you.
– matt at shadow of iris
golem of stone
small gentle waves
Small gentle waves
on a beach far away
crashing
one at a time
to a rhythm more ancient
than the first drop
of life
in a small pool
long ago.
A small word
finding itself
in a big sentence
young awkward legs
trying to stand
walk
run
out the door
into the world.
Pricks of light
that illuminate the night
guide me
past ancient places
where once life thrived
but now nothing grows;
old empty houses
a hallowed out city
where once a busy folk lived
confident
in their own
inevitability.
– matt at shadow of iris
small gentle waves
the earth is alive
The earth is alive
seething with life
subterrainian beauty
we never see
crawling out at night
creepy things
and slithering stuff
that frighten us
yet it’s only
our distant cousins
coming out each night
to search for us
and say hello.
– matt at shadow of iris
the earth is alive
