You have an oversized package

Posted on 2nd August 2012 by rtkxh| 2 Comments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It won’t fit through your letterbox ribs
Shall we try again another day?
Or can we leave it outside here:
Beating
Boldly
Like a bare bird perching
Roundly
Like a wet red pudding
Loudly
Like a soft cloth clock
Here
On the harsh mat
Where strangers tread
And free fliers fall
Until it stills
And shrinks—
A regular sized package at last—

by Elise Valmorbida

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2 Responses to You have an oversized package

  1. Roshni Goyate | 8th August 2012 at 9:21 pm |

    Ahhh, I love it. More please!

  2. Nicholas Kawinga | 13th October 2012 at 1:58 pm |

    Oh! I love this piece of poetry, I enjoy the depth, the metaphor, the musicality and rhythm produced by these lines: like a bare bird perching…like a wet red pudding…like soft cloth clocking…and free fliers fall.
    Just sweet!! My passion for poetry is whetted!