bukowski

1/23/12
The pantoum is an ancient form poem from Indonesia. 1-2-3-4, 2-5-4-6, 5-7-6-8, 7-3-8-1

Pantoum for Isla

All hair tangles, scabs and sticky fingers
she twirls in the center of the room
daring the earth to match her spin,
she stops and giggles into gravity's embrace

She twirls in the center of the room
unencumbered by the eyes of men
she stops and giggles into gravity's embrace
spreads her fingers against the floor and grins

Unencumbered by the eyes of men,
her collapse orchestrated by strings of joy
she spreads her fingers against the floor and grins
the bliss of youth is static on her skin

Her collapse orchestrated by strings of joy
daring the earth to match her spin
the bliss of youth is static on her skin
all hair tangles, scabs and sticky fingers