TENSION MAKES A TANGLE - Natalie Merchant


    as frail hinges
    pivot on a case's door
    commemorative
    souvenirs from places
    containers change
    with each occasion

    a cellophane encased
    display of paper
    certificate
    to credit years of service
    a tool of central enterprises
    the early hope
    for permanence
    the words
    the rings
    consistency
    the social security
    a miracle is high tragedy

    thought mistaken
    for a memory
    clear the dust from
    smiles in boxes
    pass a patterned wall
    recall their voices

    a local post
    will list your friends
    in order of
    disappearance
    the lawn scattered

    tins feed birds
    a portion baked for
    absent guests
    and the mass edition icon
    God sent comfort
    your salvation
    but who grants absolution
    for sins that
    never were committed

    tension makes a tangle
    of each thought
    becomes an inconvenience
    sound as it never penetrates
    as servile edges
    break and
    feint

    thought mistaken
    for a memory
    a dress length
    assassination
    a fractured family tie
    another christening

    christening
    christening
    christening 


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