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Jesse Mitchell

Jesse Mitchell
Location
http://open.salon.com/blog/jmitch79, Illinois,
Birthday
June 29
Company
my own, mostly
Bio
I am a 30 year cattle farmer. I have 4 children (3 girls and 1 boy) who range in age from 7 years down to 2 months. I am married, been with the same woman now for 10 years. I have worked as a cook, salesman, tailor, engineer's assistant, and also a bomb maker . I have been writing my entire life (really I mean that like all of it even way down into 'em baby years) and still, feh, not so good. I wish there was more to say about me but no such luck. Oh, yes you can all just call me, Jesse. I have seen the trouble people have when replying to me and they find that they must use that awkward JMitch79 business...so my name is Jesse and you may call me by it.

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APRIL 9, 2010 10:53AM

sing

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i do not sing... i open my mouth and breathe out a silent sound. i do not sing... i part my lips and out comes the sigh.  i put words together...written in the dust. i do not dance...i merely move my feet...curl my body...spin and shake...close down the movements...when i feel faint.  i do not see...i close tight my eyes...i close tight my eyes and dream in the colors of dusk...purples...black...blind blue...blisters and bruise.  i do not see...i blink my eyes and look.  i do not sing...i open wide my mouth and whisper...and stop all the movement when i feel faint.

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e.e. cummings lives again. BUMP
Love it! I miss your more formal structured poems too. But this is definitely working for you, for me, for the world of poetry.
"blind blue". . . interesting concept. The contrasts here make me think. ~R~
I like it! :)) So many ways I can take this. Good imagery.
You are in the zone.
Rated.
a fantastic combination of mellifluous and prickly. I love it.