"The Brightest Eyes"

Marabola: Poetry
Comments:
May 2007
Jamming is awesome. There was a period of time last year when my "German sister" Ira was living with us, and Scott and Nate would come over pretty often and we'd play music - the boys on guitars, Ira on sax, and me on drums. I miss it, but I think this poem captures the feeling well enough.


We are the brightest eyes –
you have the brightest eyes –
burning vivid holes through
the curtains of your hair.

You have the brightest eyes –
look into his brightest eyes –
shining back at you across
a million miles of music.

Look into his brightest eyes –
we have the brightest eyes –
light glaring off the cymbals
and the strings of his guitar.

We have the brightest eyes –
we meet the brightest eyes –
and grin fiercely when the notes
climb insistently through the ceiling.

We meet the brightest eyes –
we are the brightest eyes –
and we are fed by our own music
in the basement: brightest eyes.



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