It was an honor and a pleasure to have the opportunity to record OldePunk’s amazing poem Gestalt
Gestalt
Grasping convolutions
anything will do really
corrugated steel rictus
pulls at corners
a shadow play
in ritual dusk
down another
glass of slow derision
at the nearest
watering hole
wondering how and why
I am unholy
reconcile I’m alone
with the pictures
we both inhabit
I could not hold
the fire
so now I choke
on smoke
and bathe in ashes
my breath stinks
of rebellion
my words are heavy
and low, lo
unto tomorrow
riveting the compunction
to depart the now
the how and when of it
matter little
respond to extinguish
the embers
of my love, of
your ruin
I absolve myself
of any wrongdoing
It’s stern
your reflection
I return
to the objection
and babe
it’s all gone down
it’s all your fault
it’s not the noun
it’s not this town
the fade of gestalt
that I caught
standing outside
looking in at
your origins
I am spread too thin
and I know I will
not win
impart the devolution
of the anatomy
of we
I am left alone
with the memories
that we both inhabit
I still wonder why you
left-handed
the wave goodbye
but would not look
in my way
I am disinterested
with what comes next
or the aftermath
of my part, apart
I am full to the brim
of empty
I know I haven’t the strength
to begin, again.
Think I will take
a walk down to the ocean
and see if
a baptism in the cold
salt of seas
can free me
from the loss
of the pictures
we both inhabit
image courtesy of Google Images and K. Layton
Thank you so much for reading this Christine. Even I was surprised by the way it flows when read aloud. Bless you my dear friend 🙏❤❤❤
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It was completely my pleasure to finally get to hear one of your pieced read out loud.
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Reblogged this on RamJet Poetry and commented:
So honored to have my friend Christine Ray read aloud one of my poems!
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I soooo loved this the first time I read it. And now…wow! Times ten.
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Such an evocative piece! I love reading Olde Punk out loud but his writing is so full and layered that it is more challenging to take on.
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Yes it really is!
And I wondered about that, but you read it beautifully!
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