.
She’s packed.
Alanis is playing fast and loose
…………….with her angry heart,
and the car won’t quite start but the
tank is full and she’s a fool for a fat moon
and some scattered stars, the slap
of asphalt under tires that just might
know the way to freedom. There’s a black
sky rising, reprising the dark rhythms of
her own unmapped heart. She’s back
to humming out loud
and welcoming broken
things: scattered yellow lines
…………….and scars that sing.
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Best title ever, dude. I completely love this poem and want to live inside it. Especially the girl in a car listening to Alanis part; she’s been driving through the night, taking this awesome her-only road-trip. Unfortunate circumstances, of course, seeing as she angrily through that vase (at some man, I presume) and then left him. “Packed” also makes me think she has a gun. Plus, she has six-pack abs. 😉
With the first line being white-spaced and the other indented lines, I see this mini-poem: “She’s packed, with her angry heart and scars that sing.” Something good is going to come out of this broken glass; she’s determined. And really, there’s nothing a girl can’t conquer, given the right soundtrack (and suitcase pattern).
This is my favorite, by the way: “the slap / of as(s)phalt/fault” … this makes me wonder if he was slapping someone else’s ass. In other words, she caught him cheating.
I think that “She’s back” says it all. In a lot of ways, he took away who she was. That’s almost always how it goes in relationships … until you find “the one.” Also, The One (which I think is who filled up her t[h]ank[s]).
Thank YOU for this poem, my dear; I love it.
I knew you’d love that title. It took me awhile to get it right. That middle thing didn’t know what it wanted to be. I know I say this often, but I cannot even begin to tell you what your readings mean to me.
Love it! I’m amazed by your creativity and ease with language … it just flows and sets a great scene. 🙂
Thank you so much, Loredana. 🙂
This is the best kind of read: effortless and entertaining. I like how you wove in Alanis, esp since its the 20 year anniversary of “jagged Little Pill.” You oughta know.
Ha! I had NO idea. How funny is that. MAN, I loved that whole album. Soundtrack of my early 20’s. Whew.