You Opened Your Mouth…

Hiro Boga | February 21st, 2010

SUNDAY POEM

You opened your mouth and swallowed it all
believing purity of heart could transform
mercury into mead by some
mysterious alchemy of the spirit.

You sucked in poisoned milk; you swallowed stones
disguised as potato soup. Bullets rumbled
in your belly, which grew round as the full
moon stuffed with shattered rabbit bones.

Heart without wisdom is a blind woman
boiling lentils in acid rain.

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3 Responses to “You Opened Your Mouth…”

  1. spiralsongkat says:
    February 21, 2010 at 1:53 pm

    Oh, Hiro. How rich and raw this is. Thank you.
    .-= spiralsongkat’s last post … This probably shouldn’t surprise me… =-.

  2. Erika Harris (@) says:
    February 22, 2010 at 3:17 am

    Fangs. Venom. Sssnake-bite.
    .-= Erika Harris’s last post … One of these mornings, you’re gonna rise up singin’! =-.

  3. Havi Brooks (and duck) (@) says:
    February 24, 2010 at 2:10 pm

    Wow. Wow. Thank you.
    .-= Havi Brooks (and duck)’s last post … Item! Is that an Item post in your pocket? =-.