3.24.2011

big blue marble

   she takes
cyan marbles
        on her blood lips
   rolling 
     in her mouth
             lolling 
        on her tongue
   glossy clickings
glass on enamel

        i may faint

     fingers
  to her mouth
          one inside
      to retrieve
          one
          two
      three cyan marbles

      cyan marbles
   crunching in her palm
          as her blood lips
                search for mine.
Posted by Marian at 10:11 PM
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23 comments:

  1. EvelynMarch 24, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    yea. she is so foxy that
    it hurts me in special ways...
    girl crush!

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  2. CDG @ Move Over Mary Poppins!March 24, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    damn.

    that's hot.

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  3. MarianMarch 24, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    girl crush?
    why not just
    crush

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  4. my name is IanMarch 25, 2011 at 12:46 AM

    am i the only one thinking "oh god! choking hazard!"?

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  5. EvelynMarch 25, 2011 at 5:36 AM

    Girl crushes
    Are cuter
    Than regular crushes.
    Have we not already discussed
    This?
    Sheesh.

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  6. MarianMarch 25, 2011 at 6:35 AM

    ian? yes, you are.

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  7. Eric 'Bubba' AlderMarch 25, 2011 at 7:31 AM

    I just don't know how you can understand anyone talking with marbles in their mouth.

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  8. MarianMarch 25, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    who says anyone is talking?

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  9. Eric 'Bubba' AlderMarch 25, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    Well, how could they, with all those cyan marbles lolling around?

    And don't they get in the way of other things one can do with the mouth? ;)

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  10. SisterMarch 25, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    No, no, I'm with Ian. I totally thought you were going to faint with fear of choking.

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  11. Mama ZenMarch 25, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    I'm with Ian, too!

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  12. MarianMarch 25, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    no sense of adventure, the lot of you.

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  13. Eric 'Bubba' AlderMarch 25, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    Hey! I take exception to that!

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  14. EvelynMarch 25, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    this is the weirdest discussion ever.
    people? isnt it about how one would touch a marble with one's tongue? that way you would do that would be way sexual?

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  15. Eric 'Bubba' AlderMarch 25, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    I thought the marbles were just a metaphor - you know how poets roll.

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  16. EvelynMarch 25, 2011 at 7:28 PM

    yep. like marbles apparently...

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  17. NigelMarch 26, 2011 at 4:32 AM

    I had marbles once, you know.

    Then I lost them.

    What were we talking about again?

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  18. MarianMarch 26, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    never mind, sugar. here, have another bite of applesauce.

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  19. AnonymousMarch 26, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    Mmmm. You are delicious, my dear. So incredibly delicious.

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  20. MarianMarch 26, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    can you come out to play? ;)

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  21. AnonymousMarch 26, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    Anytime you like. You know where to find me.

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  22. M. A. S.March 29, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    I'm strictly going with literal marbles here - and thinking about plunging my finger into my daughters mouth to go after a penny - This poem takes me there. I can feel the marbles. I can also feel myself throwing them out the window.
    Fantastic visuals!

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  23. MarianMarch 29, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    yikes, the whole choking thing is such a nightmare.
    this is more like a dream!

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