Drury Lane
She’s addicted
to the swings the blades make.
She lies there, still,
watching the unchanging anti-clockwise
turns.
Do you know the muffin man
She sings to them.
Who lives on Drury Lane?
One swing-
a foot upon the bed.
Two swings and the second foot
follows.
Fingers outstretched,
reaching.
Her toes, like ballerinas’-
on the very tip, balancing,
Reaching.
Yes, I know the muffin man
It’s cooler here, she feels.
Hair blowing in the blades’ gust,
Each strand: attracted to autonomy.
Each finger: attracted to the slicing edges,
hurtful to the air particles around.
Hurtful to her.
who lives
Blissful to the cravings,
delightful to the prying feelings
being cut open.
Engaging
is the taste of pain,
tangy and sweet-
like the muffins baked
On Drury Lane.
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Mikko!
I still owe you a review on another work of yours. But here I am, and my this was quite a read. I will go over it line by line and comment where needed.
Okay so this is rather dark and the lines themselves are reasonably well written. But I think you could construct the entire piece a little better. Employ a rhyme scheme that ascends to a blissful (yet dark and painful) denouement. Because there is no rapido, no moment that steals my breath. It sort of ends.
So well done, this was great.
JP
Is that a good thing?
O.O
I be a scared Spark.
Btw, your a better poet than writer. Don't take it offensively, This means your poetry is cool. ;D