On & Off (times infinity)
July 8, 2015 
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a compact little unit,
the wifi is high energy,
Böse
as all get out
(which is German for angry, wicked, and evil)
funnily enough
to mix emotional states
and hers
are
mixed.
Remixed & up that fabled river,
With Styx and the Stones
more surround sound
with the volume cranked,
and deafen-itely
un·trans·mute·able.
bringing an
ear
~ring~
problem on somethin’ fierce
worse than
tinnitus,
and in some cases better, which is quite
appropriate since I am her
tin man
properly hinged, and
fashioned of sturdier mettle
in some cases,
her’artless
police
in others–
slick with oil.
Before the Wind
July 7, 2015 Comments Off on Before the Wind
skeletons
(in closets)
or out
–bones just can’t tell–
how their lives might have been…
if cheekbones
hollowed before
harvest
or bloomed,
if sockets ran rivers
or shone,
if hips
danced or
trudged a lone,
if ribs held hearts
broken
or whole,
if blades
squared
or
bowed,
if heels
dug in
or achille’d
if arms held
or kept at length.
–bones just can’t tell–
the story
behind mortal weaks
of flesh…
©Karen Robiscoe
Unspoken Sparklers
July 6, 2015 Comments Off on Unspoken Sparklers
Sometimes a poem needs
to be fresh scrubbed.
needs brushin’, and washin’ and undoin’
Gee…say it ain’t so!
all make up gleaned & cleaned &
“once upon a times” unclipped.
Pretend pinned to the crown,
upbraiding the hare
pixie dust swept up,
and glitter removed—
…
well
…
to the extent one can remove glitter—
basted seems of
alter egos
let out,
metaphors
bade farewell at sics
& seven,
and similes simplified, like,
spittin’ mouthwash Rorschachs,
and it’s a task that lends itself to itself, really…
the puffy allusions work wonderfully well with a little
oil, baby,
wiping away writer’s black without
raccoon,
(banned it!)
&
papers blotting
lip-
stuck on
happy ever after.
©Karen Robiscoe
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