Monday, December 14, 2009

Percussive

Percussive

The strain and drape of clothing against skin,
measurements converted to volume, sensation.

Socked feet sliding against a tiled floor,
a sandpapery whisper deep in the instep.

Numbness sputtering into splintered pain,
a hand or foot reawakening to itself.

The big sting under an eyelid solved
in the retrieval of an eyelash, a tiny fishhook.

The gentle pressure of a cool fingertip
against the throat, percussive, verifying bone

or indentation, the places by which the body
is exposed as tent, frame, drum head.

2 comments

  1. I never would have expected this image with this poem! I love the descriptions, and the coupling of movement with sound, the sandpapery slide of socked feet, the drum head.

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  2. ooooh, i can actually feel this poem on my feet...
    hmmmm...
    yum!

    thea.
    xx

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