rob galluccio

 


swimmer deconstructed, with bluetintedscapegoat


   Lionel,
        
                               I Fear.
                                                 Always,
                                                              MLe

                   

                  *where said sunshine bawls
                  walks stiff corners, smoothed to warm doors.
                  his name peals scathing reproach
                 (a lemon, in her tea gone cold)
                  what when the bow breaks
                     said cradle will fall
                 (she's gone amiss, amid blue confusion)
                  and who asks whom for said contribution?

                  a how-to for dummies / lovers.
                  for time un remembered.
                  for invisible masks un-pretended

          listen like thieves           and            weep never-ending
        or come past reproof.
          and tiny echoes  shiver sugared gasps    -
                   
                  "once upon a time I turned away
                  from the logic of his blame
                    and shook the trees   :   a solemn hymn"

                             [if everyone runs-
                              believe in this
                              if everyone runs.
                                                     or
                               believe  in  this ]

                                                         and sought through dark ignominy
                                                         something iniquitous
                                                         at  Apology's mesmeric alter




                                if everyone runs  believe in this
          these simple sleights of judgment.
                                                           or Of hand. and
                           Bruises where i've touched my self-control
                        still,    more to come than to identify.
                          salty-grin-unabashed-skinned-a-windy-dusk
          huddled hugging staring off in the .


This is Rob's first publication. No doubt it will not be his last!

 

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