Blue Fences

Free Verse Poem by Gabriella Garofalo

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To M.  But how can’t they starve for God, And why do they give a cold shoulder To unusual skies of mercy, to shrubs of grace, And their rare scent? Voices: the blast in your mind When you reset teasing pronouns, You him them her- Don't strive for answers, soul, As they might disclose to you Why unyielding desires are muddling the air With quasars, lost replies, A grass that can’t heal, A grass you’re dying to crush, Don't play the last chance, soul, If only through darkness they set free Stares, leaves, whenever you stumble On ancient weeds that cling In a shiny obsession to concrete, and skies- Just be done with the music of rioting cells, Of limbs held fast in jolting sounds, Just keep in mind the story of a poet and his lover, He too was looking at her, But only blue shadows replied, As a relentless earth keeps her secrets forever, And water gives them to her sons, A shame she’s a mother- And you, Heaven, can’t you realise Your shredded words are brewing trouble- Give them a life, make other voices Excite her ice blue, her mind- A no brainer, look, if ever the moon Stops sounding wild, and you stop playing With her tangled white hair.

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To W.  Sorry, the  party is over, life looks a shady outsider, The sky a no-man’s land where flowers, souls, Fresh skies, raw scents, shatter and riot- Drop it, c’mon, as God never chances with souls, If you shield them from shedding minds, Frayed limbs out of the blue, if dancing away a soul In frenzied skies is her bright, harsh choice- Look, the sky’s so ripe, as she’s running Into dire births, a bracing wind, And her high voltage’s writing electric blue sparks Her soul begets, the drive setting fingers ablaze, Or shredding embers, a dim light posing As a shy girl, anyway, time’s out, Her days are gathering now to send back Souls to the grass that breaks up poetry, prayers, Who cares, they even smell blue When she gets by with water, fields of daffs, Her blue hunt for other sites, A crippled ditch of soured limbs- Is that you, warriors of the blue flame? You ready for a raid? Hurry up, she can't see you all over the sky, And you’d better move, all of you, right now.