pruning and gnawing at the gyrus of my numbed mind
a shadow enters the room, and it sits behind
it grinds a mudded heel into sheer night’s tail
filling my head with a gluey fairy-tale
it takes away the caulking gun from my ear
claps on my shoulder, asks with barefaced jeer
“are you dreaming of being a writer, you silly boy?
headache, restless nights, burnout… enjoy!”
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2017
unbolt me 
This is brilliant.
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I second that! Thanks for reading. 😀
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A dark and brooding piece which captures the feeling I have when I write of a malevolent Iago on my shoulder.
(I’m thinking of the bird in Aladdin rather than the Shakespeare character it you can take your pick!)
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Either way, Martin, Tati would take it and just run with it! Thanks for visiting us! 😀
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Great reading, thanks!
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Tati thanks you! She did a terrific job of this one. 😀
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Deep. A spooky and affecting insight on the darker aspects of the dreaming mind.
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Very much so. Thanks for reading! We appreciate your support! 🙂
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Thanks for writing!
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My favorite lines:
a shadow enters the room, and it sits behind
it grinds a mudded heel into sheer night’s tail
filling my head with a gluey fairy-tale
So surrealistic, and very experimental poem. I love…love this poem a lot. 🙂 My favorite poem. 🙂
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That’s Tati at her very best, Charlie. She does surreal very well. 🙂
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🙂 Indeed she does. Brilliant work. 🙂
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Love this
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Thanks for swinging by! 😀
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Those last three words are so true for anyone who writes. Yet we keep on doing it lol.
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I think it’s because we can’t help ourselves. What else would we do, am I right? Thanks for reading us, Frank! 😀
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Loved it! Specifically loved the rhythm, rhyme and word choice. You are my favorite poet!
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See, Tati? You have fans! Thanks for reading, Rae! 😀
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‘it grinds a mudded heel into sheer night’s tail’ ouch! Lovely words though.
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Quite a morbidly vivid picture, isn’t it? Thanks for reading, AT! 😀
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wonderful, I love the wording and the air of times long gone 🙂
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Tati thanks you. Please come again! 🙂
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