Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Three Fates (With All Due Respect to Mrs. Spears)

Pass the eye from her to me to him to her to him again, and then me,

always me.

Me and her and him we have the gift of sight—

we have 3.

There is solidarity, there is power,

and there is love;

there is mad-love in 3,

charges and tides and cults of personality.


3 is sexy…

but it is no commodity.

as some pop stars would have you believe.

Britney, as always, puts it best:

Everybody loves counting, oh yes.

Bride and groom and me in between

finger to finger,

thread and scissor—CUT


No please don’t cut the cord yet,

don’t betray our 3,

don’t pimp our love in your videos Britney.

Pass the eye to him and her, then back to me, next her then him then him,

always him,

then me.


Hold the thread with one hand,

clasp mine with the other,

and we will banish

even the thought of separation.

1, 2, 3

SM Spring 2010

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