Stretch Marks
by Angela Brett
You feel my quickening heart
My heart marks you…
only my heart?
Quickening, you stretch my heart,
you feel my body…
only my body?
you stretch my body-part,
only you.
You… my heart,
you feel my quickening.
Only… you part.
Stretch marks part my heart,
stretch marks part my body.
My parts stretch,
My stretch parts.
Feel my part-you body part,
Feel my only part-you heart.
my part-you body marks my heart,
only, my body marks my part-you heart…
feel my part-you heart quickening,
feel my part-you heart stretch,
feel my part-you heart part.
Stretch marks part my heart,
stretch marks part my body.
Stretch marks, only stretch marks.
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Author's Note
This was inspired by a challenge set by the Masters of Song Fu songwriting contest, which I did not enter: write a song using only ten distinct words.
Some people interpreted this to mean that homonyms were not allowed, but I didn't think it would be any fun without them.
I'm not entirely sure that this makes sense to anyone but me, so you might wish to read the explanation on my blog: http://wp.me/pcDRQ-7U
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I like the form of this piece, Angela. The phrasings and lines continue to circle. That, for me, is effective in the piece. Stanza 2 is really marvelous:
Quickening, you stretch my heart,
you feel my body…
only my body?
you stretch my body-part,
only you.
The word choice limit works in this piece.