After Birth Delight

[tectak]

Worms of after, burrow in me, burrow deeply, find my spine.
Leeching liquor, salt of seas, solvent seeking alkali
Fill the spaces; mole of matter, volume of me, minerals mine.
Drawn to centre, pull me earthward, seek my level, let me lie.
Darker dreaming, nothing seeing, nothing, something, nothing, soul;
Sparked out, stretched out, drawn out death dirge,
Songs sung, prayers said, psalm chant, bells toll.
Slip away to grey-hot ashes, with the dust and earth to merge.
Weeping for me, crying for me, thinking of me, never forget.
Bygone, home go. Music playing, joy returning, silent moment, watery eye.
Best it happened, no life for him; dear you, hear you, ooze regret.
Sun tomorrow, fun tomorrow, forever young and never die.

Worms of after do your duty. Worms of after, rise like flies.
Sunlight blinds a thousand facets, eyes in eyes in eyes in eyes.


Tectak
(?) 1982

[addy]

Great read. The entire time there was this uneasy undercurrent (perfect for an uneasy subject matter), then bam! Those last two lines were just sublime.

[billy]

wil take a look in a short while tt

[billy]

my first thought upon reading the title was to try and remember the tune to afternoon delight

but the poem. ...it was a wowzer. i wouldn't change a thing, the end rhymes are great but not as so as the content. the word flow you have going on is almost addictive. the consonance and assonance are excellent
i don't know how others would or do see this but it's one of the best pieces i've read in a long time. oh, and it's almost sonnet-like to boot. kudos

thanks for the read.

[tectak]

Great read. The entire time there was this uneasy undercurrent (perfect for an uneasy subject matter), then bam! Those last two lines were just sublime.

Thanks addy,
I guess that part of the uneasiness is felt by me ,too. I keep coming back to this one as I am troubled by it......both by it's contentand by it's style. I had never considered that those two demons could actually become virtuous
Best,
Tectak

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my first thought upon reading the title was to try and remember the tune to afternoon delight

but the poem. ...it was a wowzer. i wouldn't change a thing, the end rhymes are great but not as so as the content. the word flow you have going on is almost addictive. the consonance and assonance are excellent
i don't know how others would or do see this but it's one of the best pieces i've read in a long time. oh, and it's almost sonnet-like to boot. kudos

thanks for the read.

Ah you old flatterer, you.
Seriously though, billy, I had grave ()reservations about this one but I am now going to stop whipping myself. Funny how praise is worthy, but disdain is dismissed as irrelevant.....well,for some.
Best,
Tectak