maura Ennenga's Writings
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Poem
Nov.28.2010
cataract, lens, forgetting
Is this what its like
a camera lens of forgetting
the memory like a milky catarac
clear one moment cloudy the next
searching with a feeble hand to ply the object in front of you
seems like your on a tightwire rope or drunk stepping off the curb
you go for the object, assure its light but the wrist bats air and the object seems to have
houdini'd itself into...
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Poem
Nov.25.2010
heart, smooth
of late, i see the sketch in my mind
the heart drawn askew with a string wrapped around it
its my heart, and i see no broken line drawn no more heart broken in two or three pieces
my heart sketched out lopsided, with crevices and creaks and bends and bows
now its angling to make the rough hewn edges smooth and quiet
subtle and slow breathing in and out in and...
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Poem
Nov.03.2010
In transition
my body folds like an old linen to be put away in a closet
stained and sturdy worth keeping for a little while longer
in transition
i roll like a marble across the floor loudly quickly
in transition
nothing is waiting for me, i keep it solid and clean
in tranistion
beads of sweat appear above the lip, breast loose their umph, and my ass is as big...
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Poem
Oct.21.2010
Truth, birds, dignity
I remember the cat pounching on the bird,
chasing it away. The bird lay close eyed on the driveway a hot and humid summer day.
Laying down face to face , I noticed the shallowness of its small breath. Its gasping in a dignified way to let its windpowered sails die, humbling itself to the ground...
I remember my GrandMother's Large forehead, her enormous head...
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Poem
Sep.21.2010
If I end up alone
let me be near the maples and oaks right at home
for the leaves they grow will make a lovely cape and keep me warm
let me know the paths to take, allowing me to make way for the wandering days of nothing
if i want to bark like a dog or roll in the dirt certainly let me
a perogative for me, an arrest for you
let me taste the tips of the maples...
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Poem
Aug.12.2010
ITs HOT and Humid,
Still and quiet, even the stereo speakers on the tourists steroes are muffled from the heat.
Steely Heat.
ITs the kind of HOT where your ass or back of your thigh sticks to the car seat, that is the kind of HOT it is!
Humid, drips underneath your arms.falling on to your sides, drip..drip and you become acutely aware that your out in...
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Poem
Aug.12.2010
ITs HOT and Humid,
Still and quiet, even the stereo speakers on the tourists steroes are muffled from the heat.
Steely Heat.
ITs the kind of HOT where your ass or back of your thigh sticks to the car seat, that is the kind of HOT it is!
Humid, drips underneath your arms.falling on to your sides, drip..drip and you become acutely aware that your out in...
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Poem
Jul.03.2010
afternoon of the fourth, swishing pines along the shifting lights of summer afternoon.
today, fall sent its rsvp.
my soul shifted, and my emotion rose to the top. was it the slanting light on the ole white pine, the loud angry bluejay yearning for the winds that carry him through to the maples and strewn corn cobbs that early fall encompassess....
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About maura
Writings that are inspired by landscapes and movement through them, stories by characters that appear out of nowhere demanding their voices be heard. Short stories based on truths, fiction or non-fiction it comes when it comes and I write when its necessary...
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