Free Association Poem

Two entries today. The first is a poem that I wrote using only phrases from the free association exercise I detailed in the last entry.

The Melody of a Life Unexpressed

Bring to life the faded sacrifice to

stretch against the steel, watch my own films,

listen to my own music for a split second.

Waking, pressing my ears closed, listening to

my breathing as the world sleeps, a room

full of the fear of success, fear of money.

Every song, my voice, the melody of

a life unexpressed, steamy breath, mint and

science, the oppression of death, feeling paranoid.

Goddamn women. Smiles, eyes, teeth,

nipples, laughter, attention, comfort, annoyance

and a possible reason for insecurity, catching them.