Thursday, July 8, 2010

skirt

skirt sitting sadly in a swollen sack skirt
skirt stuffed aside inside the closet skirt
skirt stitched with strands of stunning somethings skirt
skirt sprinting spendidly across iris skirt
skirt sixty-percent off sale skirt
skirt sold at first sight skirt

skirt stained.  stained by someone's careless mistake skirt
skirt specked with salmon-colored smudges skirt

skirt, still skirt, spoiled and worthless skirt
skirt so appreciated, such exalted skirt
skirt so ostentatious, so self-esteem building skirt
skirt so Spanish spun design skirt
skirt sweet memories of summer days skirt
skirt swishing softly in the spring breeze skirt

skirt, it wasn't someone else's slip up skirt
skirt such slanderous washing instructions skirt
skirt machine-soaked on a cold setting skirt
skirt safflower shades spin-cycled to smear skirt

skirt unreplaced by Nordstrom's customer service skirt
skirt absent from so many store stocks and racks skirt
skirt sitting sadly in a swollen sack skirt
skirt stuffed aside inside the closet skirt
skirt safely sepulchered in my closet skirt

2 comments:

Elizabeth said...

I am so jealous of your ability to produce poetry. :) Although I do know you work hard at it. This poem is fun and I like the rhythm to it.
Favorite lines:
skirt stitched with strands of stunning somethings skirt
skirt stained. stained by someone's careless mistake skirt
skirt, still skirt, spoiled and worthless skirt

This poem is one of those that's so fun to read with the alliterations and cadences that you end up with your tongue tripping over itself to get to the next line.
You say you write poems, nay, it is tongue-twisters, Madam.

Amanda Martin Sandino said...

tongue twister? I was trying to mimic the "swish" of the skirt. Anyway, I had to go back and write something it came from-- oops! I was supposed to pull it from a longer piece, but instead, I just free wrote...