by Kushal Poddar

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The Skinned Umbrellas

April 16, 2012 08:45 PM UTC (Updated: April 16, 2012 08:54 PM UTC)

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The Skinned Umbrellas

(The Skinned Umbrellas came from Julianza Kim Shavin's poem)

The skinned umbrellas run down the road.

Naked.

Night.

Their metallic sighs

make us violent in our sleep

as if awakening has a calm shoreline

and they swing those Chinese paper lanterns.

The shadows they cast on our porches.

How forlorn things can go.

They wrench me out of my sleep,

push me towards the porch.

A bird calls my night name

I never told you.

Night. Naked.

The umbrellas draw their nails on the asphalt.

Now we shall sacrifice our weakest boys

to appease their hunger.

©Áll rights are reserved by Kushal Poddar, 2012 written on 15th April, 2012

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Comments: 12

Alison H. Apr 16, 2012, 8:53pm UTC

It sounds like a dreadful nightmare, Ku...is there some history to this?

Kushal Poddar Apr 16, 2012, 8:56pm UTC

Amazingly nothing. I just imagined the sound

Alison H. Apr 16, 2012, 10:11pm UTC

The mind can go to strange places...

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stephen berwaldt Apr 16, 2012, 10:54pm UTC

Typical brilliance in a metaphorical stew...
I need time to sort this one out...IF I can...

Thank you submitting to Gathers Luminous Writers and Artists.

Ratandeep Satwant Singh Apr 17, 2012, 1:48am UTC

I second Stephen's comment. A metaphorical delight, indeed!

Poem: Turmoil

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Granny Janny Apr 17, 2012, 1:35am UTC

Very surreal scene...umbrellas can be mean?

Granny Janny Apr 17, 2012, 1:36am UTC

Skin head umbrella bullies...yeah...that's it.

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Bernard C. Apr 17, 2012, 5:45am UTC

Very visual piece - nice one too :-) of course the umbrella meaning the end of its life and in its basic torn-up state being blown around in the wind..no amount of scratching can help it...metaphorically speaking that is :-)

Thanks for sharing and submitting to
The Surreal Circus.

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Angela A. Apr 17, 2012, 11:49am UTC

Wow, that really sounds ominous!

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A. F. Stewart Apr 17, 2012, 4:13pm UTC

A darkly beautiful poem.

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amy s. Apr 27, 2012, 11:03am UTC

interesting poem
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