there is Portuguese on the white-board
that reads 'i do not speak Portuguese'
and a piano in the center of the room
chairs and stands surrounding it and me
and so i hide in the pit
for a while - accidentally
scratching the cut on my shin
in this moment i bleed and cradle the scab
like an orphan would on the cushion of my ring-finger
where the nail has grown too long
now, in the same color as Portuguese
i write 'marie survived john's death in Portuguese'
and fail better at playing the halloween theme
on the sullen piano in the cement room
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Just a quick thought
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there is Portuguese
on the white-board
that reads 'i do not
speak Portuguese'
and in the room
a piano in the center
chairs and stands
surrounding it and me
so i hide in the pit
for a while—accidentally
scratching at the cut
on my shin
i bleed in this moment
and cradle the scab
like an orphan would
on the cushion of my ring-
finger where the nail has
grown too long
now, in the same color
as Portuguese
i write 'marie survived john's death
in Portuguese'
and fail better at playing
on the sullen piano
i almost forced couplets on this. but it didn't come out that way. was feeling sort of hodge podge.
i like where you broke a lot of the lines though. thank you brian!
aaramyid
This sounds a lot like my silly classroom! (Which was so messed up on Thursday morning--it took me like five minutes of straight pushin' to get that piano out of the way!)
it is your silly classroom! ^_^ thanks for the inspiration!!
I think it does work better as couplets, but keeping the original line breaks. And I love the first 2 lines! And the 'marie survived john's death in Portuguese' reference, of course. By the way, is that supposed to be 'marie survived john's death' in Portuguese?
Are you studying Portuguese?
By the way, is that supposed to be 'marie survived john's death' in Portuguese?
it's supposed to be what it is on the "page"
))marie survived john's death in Portuguese((
i thought that was more fun. pretending and not at the same time that it was in Portuguese.
and no dear, i'm not studying Portuguese ^_^ kate was going on the other day about the piano in the middle of her classroom and the Portuguese on the white-board and she kept asking "what goes on in there?" in a really cute whiny voice. i was inspired to write this on account of her description of the room she teaches in. so that's where the Portuguese comes in.
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