Kristen | 18 | Ⓐ | Last.fm

More and More
by Margaret Atwood

More and more frequently the edges
of me dissolve and I become
a wish to assimilate the world, including
you, if possible through the skin
like a cool plant's tricks with oxygen
and live by a harmless green burning.

I would not consume
you or ever
finish, you would still be there as the air.

Unfortunately I don't have leaves.
Instead I have eyes
and teeth and other non-green
things which rule out osmosis.

So be careful, I mean it,
I give you fair warning:

This kind of hunger draws
everything into its own
space; nor can we
talk it all over, have a calm
rational discussion.

There is no reason for this, only
a starved dog's logic about bones.
  • eating a blueberry bagel with strawberry cream cheese
  • my friday class was cancelled
  • the deli in my dorm finally restocked their clif bars
  • listening to a lot of vashti bunyan lately (ha it’s a joke because the song… ok lalala)
  • going to indy tomorrow
  • alex is visiting this weekend
  • watching synecdoche, new york tonight

i am feeling pretty solid.

  1. kcherry posted this