{"id":1587,"date":"2017-12-07T19:52:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T19:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2017-12-07T19:52:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T19:52:41","slug":"in-crisis-poignancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=1587","title":{"rendered":"In Crisis: Poignancy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Crisis: Poignancy<\/b><\/p>\n

Attempt emergency resuscitation:
\nit lays on a pyre of fighting words,
\ngasping and fluttering.<\/p>\n

The lilting head of a blue hydrangea
\nthick and petalled, thinking.<\/p>\n

Even brooding is old-fashioned.<\/p>\n

Bludgeon me with your compassion.<\/p>\n

Shout it till you\u2019re blue in the face: I love you, stupid!<\/p>\n

Let Me Be Clear as a coffin lid.<\/p>\n

Brood your way through the American spirit
\nback to the Scarlet Letter.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s define terms first:\u00a0 \u201cwe\u201d\u00a0 \u201cwho\u201d\u00a0 \u201care\u201d<\/p>\n

Hips still thin as pencil stubs,\u00a0blonde cascading hair
\ndirty school girl look<\/p>\n

What creature wouldn’t want to jump them<\/p>\n

old as day<\/p>\n

the Bible’s full of it<\/p>\n

Let’s all have another cup.<\/p>\n

The word ex-patriot makes me blue.<\/p>\n

I’m in exile from being an ex-pat.<\/p>\n

Singing is a celebration of oxygen.<\/p>\n

The celebration of oxygen is every artist’s charge.<\/p>\n

If there’s one thing you do, celebrate oxygen!<\/p>\n

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