The Poem of The Week is Today Ill Sit Still by Ernesto Trejo. Today Ill sit still. When my dog shuffles over and offers me his fleas and his soul, Ill turn away. To everything Ill close my eyes, slice the darkness and eat it. Ill refuse to give money on a platter or a wet kiss under the moon. Today Ill just sit and say No to everyone and everything. To the book on my desk, its sad tale of abandonment, remorse and death; Ill keep it on the tip of my tongue like a lukewarm dime. No to the daily mail with its greasy fingers, no to the telephone and its humming through the carcass of a sparrow, no to every projection of the self. No to me, this preposterous accident who speaks of the self. Today Ill be anti-social. Today Ill grow into myself, be the river of my blood, the sky inside my eyes, the maze of my ribs, the dust that settles on my heart. Ill let my bones sink like pebbles in a pond. Ill let my feet grow roots and be an extra zero on the checks that Ill refuse to write.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:30:27 +0000