Love Not the X
That X was all over my dream last night.
X you, X! I hiss, hoping subtlety will carry.
He does dumbfounded.
You X me, I X you back. Me, pointing out the obvious.
He tries goofy. The goofy grin. That goof-y X-ing grin.
Stay Xed! I scream.
Still he keeps popping up. Whichever way I turn, still talking.
Xing X.
Nothing left to do but walk out. Out of my own dream.
X 'm.
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Sketch an X.
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Great twist. Nicely done. Good voice here, Catherine.
Catherine, I have a whole book-length series of poems entitled PUPPET X, a few of which are somewhere on this site. Published originally in 1974.
Thanks guys! (Funny, the guys be the ones stopping by on this one.) Appreciate your kind words, Sam.
Women represent! X marks the spot. Great voice, love the style, love X. *
Speaking of 'represent,' X is the ultimate love/hate flag. This could be X-rated or not. Up to the reader even to discern that the other possibility even exists. A litmus test. Clever on so many levels.
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Making me smile, James. Thank you for your words and reading this small thing seriously. Yeah, love/hate, huh - humans are so Xing complicated! And, you know, there are those Xs that one ought never give the pleasure of hating - they just love it too much.
likey so much, the playfulness here and the frustration in tiny whispery words popping into the play!
"He tries goofy. The goofy grin. That goof-y X-ing grin.
Stay Xed! I scream." - my favorite part because... only you and zany-smart.
Awww, Meg, totally making my day! Thank you. @ @ @
I really enjoyed this, your humor and spirit rings through the piece. And to take something that is so potentially deep and compress it into this sudden fiction form worked wonders for me. I love the way your brain works, and, of course, your words, too.
hoping subtlety will carry --
HA. terrific throughout, Catherine.
Hey, happy words, Robert and Sara! Thank you so much.
Just now reading this Catherine - sad fun / good melancholy plus your usual charm. Oh that X! Mine is in the shape of Y. hee.
Still talking. Love that. And nice title too. More more!
Thank you, P Price! Very pleased to have you come by, read & write.