Feral
I want to
eat the heart of you
and now I want to
cry myself to sleep
Because of you
I’m right,
and you are not
but perhaps it’s me
I want to
eat your cat
what do you think
of that
she’s cute
and for a shaker
of salt and catsup
a meal divine
Did you know
I hunt at night?
Did you know
I’m feral?
I am wild
imaginings slant
bent my black
apparel
I want to
run naked in
your arms
feel every mystery
damp forest fatigues
your office clothes.
small desk, phone
and how we
screamed to know
more than
the times allowed
in a minute and three
feral, wild, and free
little creatures
praying for time
praying for rain
where water rests
my mind not quite
sound, throw a line
plumb it down
then rolling 360
in my bad ass haul
ask me if
I really give a fuck
my darling take
your devotional
take the Quran
type an answer
and hit send
I want to cool you
and talk with you
and smooth you
into love again
no
not no not arrogant
but asking
It’s me! It’s me!
manic and nasty
with 2 balls
in the net
stopping up
the plumb line
reaching to
my depth
15 thoughts on "Feral"
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I thought you were going to off the edge. But the point is made! The whole poem has the mood of a romantic vampire movie. I like how you extend the poem. I like that you become tender at some point.
6 months or not, I am still a monster
Love this part … “where water rests / my mind not quite / sound, throw a line / plumb it down” … for the sound of it and for what the poet’s saying. The short lines, this piece really moves, hums along.
Thanks guy!
Yeah, thats what it is, i had to see bills comment. Its the shortening. Like a hunting cat’s hesitant steps quickened at the site of prey.
Great crafting into form.
It’s
A
Fun
Free
Form
I love the balance of the lines:
feral, wild, and free
little creatures
praying for time
praying for rain
Sweet
This poem emerged quickly.
Stanza 3 made me lol. You are a laughing demon, Manny.
You’re worse if you laugh too at kitty murder.
They are young, they are tender, they are fresh eat
Them!!!
Agree with Coleman re poem movement “cat’s quick steps.” Lovely.
Love: “my darling take
your devotional
take the Quran
type an answer
and hit send”
Wow! So wild how passion is lack of civilization and full of primal.
The last two stanzas!!!! Man, Manny, manically delivering.
Purr, purr, purr.
😉