OUT OF CONTROL IN TEXAS – THE GREAT AND NERVOUS DREAM FULFILLED
Originally written and posted ~ 19, June 2013 – Re-posted ~ 16th. January, 2020 as part of an Edenbray Retrospective
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OUT OF CONTROL IN TEXAS – THE GREAT AND NERVOUS DREAM FULFILLED
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Monster broke from the track
Carly’s man not coming back
The grey line of the sky meets
The narrow smear of pale blood
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The blushing rush of winged life
Upon the virtue of blue hills and
Radiant mornings and the like
But abandon me with disgrace
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For now, for ever the heart weary
Folded within itself, a golden sparrow
It plays on margins with bright hope
Fleck n’flutter and arrows long and true
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I not so certain walking on eggshells
Out of control in Texas and nervous where?
Wanting more and then wanting less
The simple girl in a pale blue dress
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More than ever dreamed or schemed
Its late and dark and wet and cold
Imagination’s red and bold, Marie,
A gold-star coach, a pocket of notes
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Sometimes we step off a plane
Wander down streets we never seen
Floating over reality’s silver sheen
In Texas, Arizona, Bakersfield, Carp
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Those places we never even been
And the orange sun shouting!
Just wanted to run – be someone else
Run – be somewhere else than hell
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writtenbyedenbray19.0.2013
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#Authors Note ~ Up to this point my Retrospective has run almost straight through chronologically but with this little gem I have decided to break rank and introduce OUT OF CONTROL IN TEXAS – THE GREAT AND NERVOUS DREAM FULFILLED, a piece which I wrote a year or more after SHE SHONE SILVER LIKE A STAR. I chose to do this mainly because I love where its at, whereas the previous entry I was kind of uncertain over.
This piece marks a return to my interest in Jazz Poetry. It drags you in and suggests something is going on that’s not quite right. If it were a full-red out of a bottle I would say ~ Dark and mysterious but playful – hope you enjoy it! – edenbraytoday
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