letters, carefully shaped; sculpted… to embellish your paper-thin body.
you’re wearing blue today.
it does not fit my mood ~ i am okay, but how could you know.
black still looks good on you.
you know i try;
try and try to be perfect, to shape your
tattoos.
your cousins on the ground, crumpled; for i failed them.
i am sorry.
the sharpie bows to my will
in the end.
the work is done, pen drops from sweaty palm and leaves
You
covered in perfectly shaped words
i love dearly.
i smile as i look at you.
whole now.
complete.
ready to go on display.
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Over at dVerse Poets Pub, Victoria C. Slotto invites us to write a poem in Second Person. To make it a bit more challenging, she gave us options to choose from – I chose to address ‘inanimate objects’.
I love Post-Its.
To understand this somewhat quirky poem better, you have to know that I write things I love (quotes, sayings, lyrics… literary delicious snippets) on Post-Its and tape them to my front door. That way, I always have something nice to read right before I leave the house.
Hope you enjoy what I came up with and hope to see you at the bar!
Miriam–this is great! I like the idea of writing notes to yourself this way!
have you ever seen the movie ‘the color purple’? there’s this scene when one sister teaches the other to read by writing words down on pieces of paper and attaching them to the right objects.
there is a shot of one piece of paper taped to a glass door – the word on it is ‘sky’.
i was so moved when i saw this – this picture has been stuck in my head ever since.
this scene is what made me start writing down things i like on post-its – and i’ve been doing it since.
Yes–I love that movie and that moment is magical and transformative. I can understand the inspiration!
🙂
You’ve really grabbed the opportunity today’s prompt gave. THis is such a fun piece of writing. I really enjoyed it.
thank you very much, Tony! glad you enjoyed the visit – looking forward to reading yours!
ha, it is a fun poem…there is a seriousness that undercuts the funny a bit too….the concentration of shaping the tattoos…the angst you create in the middle…ha….love t…smiles.
thanks 😉 glad you enjoyed it!
Miriam…this is just wonderful. I was concerned about those crumpled cousins, too. I relate 100% to the perfectionism issue…mine at times borders on OCD. I was a post-it addict when I was working in healthcare management, then when I wrote my first novel. They were all over my office in both instances…and in the first they became my delegation tool!
thank you very much! yes, sometimes writing them can be so hard – you want it to look good and fail… poor cousins.
thanks for the prompt, Victoria!
Oh this is great, writing notes to yourself…how cool… I can picture your door, and the poor crumpled cousin on the floor… love it!
thank you 🙂
How clever of you to post special things on your door. Love this, Miriam.
thank you, Laurie!
An interesting look in your writing process…. mine is full of crumpled paper in my bag ~ Smiles ~
haha awesome. unusual ‘methods’ are the best!
Like you, I have an ongoing love affair with doodles and scribbles and notes for future projects. I So relate to this ode to the invaluable post-it.
oh, it’s a nice hobby isn’t it…
Yes, I do like it. Very creative, Miriam, and I like that you leave yourself positive notes or affirmations before you leave for the day. I liked the line about “cousins” on the floor… 🙂
😀 thank you!
I enjoyed this very much, your poem as well as your additional information. I am going to look at post-its in a new way from now on, I think.
haha yes, they’re more than just little pieces of paper…
Cute — fun to personalize our daily simple life objects, eh!
yep, it is… thank you Sabio!
I had to smile when I read this because I just bought some Post-Its today!
😀 put them to good use!
I always like what you write. Your style has left a post-it on my brain so I know to find your words, your voice, and make my day. Okay, it’s getting a lil deep, lol, but I did enjoy the pieces as they fit together, the tattoo look of your post it notes. Another lil insight. Very kool.
awh, henry… thank you so much! you definitely know how to make a girl blush…
ha vey cool to address those post-its….loved the shaping
tattoos and the paper-thin bodies….our house hangs full with university post-it notes that my daughter puts everywhere…smiles
haha awesome – post-its are such fun
…your cousins on the ground, crumpled; for i failed them. i am sorry…. ah, that’s super creative for me… a nice transition… and your way to end is excellent… clever you… smiles…
thank you very much, happy you enjoyed it 🙂
OK… you really brought this to life. I thought you were talking about a person till the end.
thanks for the visit 🙂
A wonderful clever write and I too thought you were talking to a person until I re-read the title. Definitely very clever – love it.
Anna :o]
thank you very much!
i love the way you’ve shaped this poem. like a post-it. lines varying in length and stature, flow easy but not at all pushy. wonderful. so glad to hear the cousins are symbolic.
that’s what i was going for… 🙂 glad i managed to ‘get the point across’… yes, the cousins are symbolic – i like mine and wouldn’t crumple them… 😉
That’s a really cool idea, to stick them on the door so you have something nice in your mind when you leave the house. I love your writing.
awh, thank you very much, Bren!
beautifully done homage to your own work, and the work before you when done, nice, very nice, thank you miriam 😉
thank you! 🙂
Fantastic way of reminding. For from one thing one leads to the other. It helps not just to retain but also generate further ideas. One gets engrossed and it just never stops. Nicely Miriam!
Hank
thanks 🙂