Octavia in the Flesh I am the blip on your one eyed radar —a catnip to this neurotic night fever.I am the dirty rubber swing in your rearview mirror – a bullet train;barrelling along at full steam ahead.To kiss the lips of a deathly sunin the maelstrom of morning’s song — La Vie en RoseContinue reading “Octavia in the Flesh”
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Carlotta’s Song
Carlotta’s Song Our naked voices will grow silent –swallowed whole by a periwinkle sky.Our hands without word of a lieon tangled flesh – a chorus in bloomover cool hilltop grass far strewn;far from scars beyond this island. Isn’t it queer – your humid vowelsbreathing down my neck like rain;like warm showers that come again.As ifContinue reading “Carlotta’s Song”
Flying Home
Flying Home We’re leaving this place;these kaleidoscope nights that burn in loud neonabove Times Square after dusk. Time can blur the lines,like hearts & fleshthat yearn for ways throughthe blare of yellow taxis;through a maze of noise,groping alone in the darkfor each other. Frazzled by waking hours,dragging feet with humidthoughts down broad avenues;our silence reverberatingContinue reading “Flying Home”
Rediscovered Episode
Rediscovered Episode I moon over skin gradients.Digits probe – bluff their way,like it’s my debut night foray on a fretless bass without dots. Audio gibbers – it tracks the actionin a blow by blow commentary,like a satellite voyeur on heat. The universe falls apart – justfor a while – until it returnsto pick up whereContinue reading “Rediscovered Episode”
At Your Wishing Well
At Your Wishing Well All inside this roomrecedes into the blueof minuscule hours. Scriabin’s arabesqueshave called it a night;slipped away to ponder rumours of mintedchocolate—notes ofripe vanilla that speakin warm silken tones. Would it be too much towish this second linger;slowly turn to stone. ©️Orion Foote, 2022
Visions of Orion Poetry 