…
she is sans serif
10-point type,
often italicized
never bold.
she is onion paper
see-through skin.
easily erased, truth
untold.
she’s scribbled whim
and ellipsis salt,
ridiculous blessings,
cacophonous grace.
she’s words in margins,
indigo fire.
moon swallowed,
sunset known.
she’s rough
draft, work-in-progress,
pending approval
– especially her own.
…
Prompted by words count with mama zen over at Toads. Come play!
What’s your real bio?
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Ahh! I love this!! Especially those last four lines.
The girl hates bio-smearers. Very clever. Also, she is sans sheriff.
The last three stanzas are fricking killer.
sans sheriff. ha! that she IS! 🙂
This is the perfect mix of poetry and prose. Loved this.
This is incredible. I love it!
Those last two lines are especially telling. I love your creative approach to the bio.
you in an onion skin – I love it!
This is so well done! Love this a lot.
This is wonderful, love it,,,so much to see about this woman,,,
I like how you stayed in the paper with the typecasts.. though I think she’s bold every now and then… the last few lands though says more than the rest.
Love “moon swallowed” and am so familiar with your closing sentiment. What a cool approach to this challenge, de!! Awesome indigo fire in the margins!
Brilliant! Perfect! Adorable!
Agh, this issue of pending approval is such a universal one. You’ve drafted it so well. Thanks! K.
A life italicized seems somehow so hard–I love all the little similes ‘whim and ellipsis salt,’ moon-swallowed,” scribbles in the margins that are always trying so hard to get somewhere better, somewhere perfect, somewhere perhaps even unattainable, but there’s no stopping till the pen runs out of ink. A very fine poem, DE.