Wednesday, March 12, 2014

White Space No Space Poems (students)


Dreams Gone Away

Tell me about the dream
                     Wherewepullthebodiesoutofthelake
And          Dress them in warm clothes again
Howitwaslate,      and     no one
Could sleep,         The horses running until they forget
That they are horses.


           It'snotlikeatree
          Where the roots have to end somewhere,
It's     more     like     a song
                                      On a policeman's radio,
Howwerolledupthecarpet         So er could dance,
And          The days were brightred,
                                                  And everytime we kissed
There        was another apple
                                   To slice into pieces.


Look at the light through the window pane
                                                        That means it's noon,
                                         That means we're inconsolable.
Tellmehowallthis,        And           love too,
Will            Ruin            Us.
                                         These,
                                                 Our bodies,
                                                               Possessed by light
Tellmewe'llnevergetusedtoit



Storytime

Tell me about the dream
where we pull the bodies out of the lake
and dress them in warm clothes again.

How it was late, and no one could sleep,
the horses running until they forget
that they are horses.

It’s not like a tree where the roots
have to end somewhere, it’s more like a song
on a policeman’s radio, how we rolled up the carpet
so we could dance, and the days were bright red,
and every time we kissed there was another apple
to slice into pieces.

Look at the light through the windowpane.
That means it’s noon, that means we’re inconsolable.
Tell me how all this, and love too, will ruin us.
These, our bodies, possessed by light.
Tell me we’ll never get used to it.




Our Bodies Inconsolable

Tell me about the dream
Wherewepullthe    bodies    outofthelake
 And dress them in      warm     clothes again.
How it was late,
And no one could sleep,
The horses running
Until they forget
That they are horses.
It’s not like a tree
Where the roots
Have to end       somewhere,
It’s more like a song
On a policeman’s radio,
How we rolled up the carpet
So we could dance,
And the days were          bright    red,
And    every    time    we kissed
There was another apple
To   slice   into pieces.
Look at the light
Through the windowpane.
That means it’s noon,
That means we’re inconsolable.
Tell me how all this,
And love too,
Will ruin us.
These,
Our bodies,
Possessed by light.
Tell me
We’ll never get used to it.

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Science Says

It was a simpler time then
When we were simple things
Performing a                      limited
Set of functions and tasks
We were independent
Of each other
Things have a                     tendency
                                                                To change
You said
There’s a theory               for that
For everything
For that matter
You believed in science
And I in nothing
I trusted the thinkers
Who trusted no one
Who questioned their own questions
Into silence
Things have changed
You warned me
You said               science says
If             you and me        become we
This is going to get                           complicated
You were right
I don’t know
What’s going to happen
To you next
I hardly sleep
I can’t develop a routine
I want you to live forever
Or at least longer than me
Which is the only child
Of forever
I don’t regret anything
Our complexes
Our love
In the face of certainty




The Science Of We

It was a simpler time then
                                   When we were simple things
Performing        A limited set of functions and tasks
We were          Independent         Of each other
                                 Thingshaveatendencytochange


You said           There's a theory       forthat
                                                               foreverything
For that matter         You
                                        Believed in science
And I            In nothing
                                    Itrustedthethinkers
                                                                   Who
Trusted       No one
       Who questioned their own questions into silence
Things        Have changed
                                          Youwarnedme


You said           Science says
                                             If you and me become we
Thisisgoingtogetcomplicated
                                               You        Were
                                                                               Right
I       Don't know      What's      Going to happen to you
                                                                                Next
Ihardlysleep
                    Ican'tdevelopearoutine
                                                         I       Wantyou
                                                                              To live
Forever
            Or at least           Longer than me
Which       Is the only child of forever
                                                          Idon'tregretanything
Our complexes         Our love
                                                In the face of certainty

Organic Chemistry

It was a simpler time then
when we were simple things performing
a limited set of functions and tasks
we were independent of each
other things have a tendency to change

you said there’s a theory
for that for everything for that matter
you believed in science and I in nothing
I trusted the thinkers who trusted no one
who questioned their own questions into silence

things have changed you warned me
you said science says if you and me become we
this is going to get complicated you were right
I don’t know what’s going to happen to you next
I hardly sleep I can’t develop a routine I want you

to live forever or at least longer than me
which is the only child of forever I don’t regret anything
our complexes our love in the face of certainty

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