Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Poems for The Crucible

The Foundry

Artisans of industry
casting sculptures of infamy
elemental bursts of flame

molten and melted,
oozing pillows of glass and iron
red hot drop in a pool of steam

masked art deco men tooling
crude and cumbersome crafts
revealing the imagined form

birthing butterflys from bricks must give one kicks


The Furnace

Latex and eye liner
timid exhibitionists
playing with fire

the culture of counter
building social connection
under the spinning lights

a place to belong
and feel the same
in being different

the unsucked and pierced tongue
speaks loud and clear
what seems so far, is often near