Tag Archives: rainbows
May 27th, 2010
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Spectral smears
on patches of oil
floating in a warm puddle
on the sidewalk
nearby
swirls of rainbow taffy
melt in the sun
a feast for ants.
– matt at shadow of iris
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February 15th, 2010
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She weaves a rainbow
high above her head
a bright swath for all to see,
they say that she’s obedient
to a fault.
Chiefs of state address
unintelligible questions
and apply unorthodox procedures
to erect a superstructure
with great care
but it comes down quickly
when the winter comes
and the winds begin to blow.
A vague human form,
an outline of a man
but too long and lanky;
a head like a football helmet
but made of bone
and old
and cracked;
all of mankind’s ills
balled up together
into yarn, web, and wires
then aged a thousand years
and spread out again
then lifted
and tossed over his shoulders
covering him like a net
or a shawl
and melting into his body
melding with it
into something strange and new
and yet frighteningly old;
a place for snakes, lizards, insects
and vermin;
a small, sad boy
hangs up tiny mementoes
among the shrapnel of his body,
dimunitive emblems
that contain photos
of his mother and father,
his aunts and uncles;
little bits of hope
amid the miasma of decay.
Conspiracies and lies,
dreams that hold you
and won’t let go;
a dark angel that lives
in an orange box
strung around the neck
of a ghoul
with a thick oxygen tube
that stretches up
to a head
that is hollow.
– matt at shadow of iris
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[Inspired by the work of Barry Windsor-Smith and Zdzislaw Beksinski.]