Sunday, December 29, 2013

MAGPIE...Prompt #200


                                                      SELF PORTRAIT/ Francis Bacon     

THANK YOU , Tess...for all the Mags...at Magpie Tales

BEFORE THE MURDER

 This is me in front of the door,
the one where ghosts hesitate to glide,
and you said that was my portal of passage.

 Little did I know.

 Remember the day i plunged down the stairs,
and you said what more?
As if you had been hurt, not I?

 Don't wish me bad I said,
but you laughed and whispered,
kill you most likely.

 What more can befall me,
paintings building up in the corner,
stains bleeding onto the canvas,
sited where pain was lodged.

 You want to know 
how much will they pay
for the further torture of your eyes.

 I didn't mean for my art to please,
I didn't mean for my life to please.
I should have embraced, "smile please,"
instead of painting hell stinging the canvas,
the snake of Eden slithering out of the tube.

 Now you see me with my soul intact,
before you struck your blow,
and couldn't tell that I was smiling.
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22 comments:

  1. Kathe W.December 29, 2013 at 8:27 PM

    oh man- this is an amazing poem to read...and to me it's very painful for the soul who wrote it.

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  2. LynDecember 29, 2013 at 9:02 PM

    Hi Kathe W.-
    Such an interesting comment..glad to say no pain at all...but real empathy... and I like my fantasies! Thank you and best wishes!!

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  3. BerowneDecember 30, 2013 at 1:23 AM

    Expertly inventive; beautifully written.

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  4. LynDecember 30, 2013 at 7:58 AM

    Hi Berowne-
    Thank you so much...very nice...this poem was out there, waiting for me..ha...Best wishes for the New Year!!

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  5. JinksyDecember 30, 2013 at 8:50 AM

    A chilling tale sparked from a bland photo...

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  6. LynDecember 30, 2013 at 9:02 AM

    Hi Jinksy-
    Thanks...for me Bacon always morphs into that state of mind...

    Best!!

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  7. AnonymousDecember 30, 2013 at 2:04 PM

    layered and provocative ~ M

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  8. humbirdDecember 30, 2013 at 2:08 PM

    Sound with such fleur of intimacy and passion! You went within their bond, if I could say...:) Happy New Year, Lyn!

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  9. Brian MillerDecember 30, 2013 at 4:31 PM

    this is a very cool write...it hits us with the unexpected....the pay for the torture of the eyes....the never meaning for the life to please, the art to please...i found that part quite evocative...

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  10. Tess KincaidDecember 30, 2013 at 4:36 PM

    Several years ago I slipped and broke my foot in the portal area of Willow Manor...what is it with these ghosts...

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  11. TruedessaDecember 30, 2013 at 5:58 PM

    Wow, interesting take on the prompt,
    dark & haunting.

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  12. LynDecember 30, 2013 at 6:33 PM

    Hi grapeling-
    So happy to welcome you..and thanks so much!

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  13. LynDecember 30, 2013 at 6:35 PM

    Hi humbird-
    I like what you said..I did go within their bond...Thanks..

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  14. LynDecember 30, 2013 at 6:38 PM

    Hi Brian-
    That Bacon..he always shakes me up..thanks for the succinct comment...and best for the New Year...

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  15. LynDecember 30, 2013 at 6:40 PM

    Hi Tess-
    You came to the right person...next time, open the door first! ha...
    More power to you!

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  16. LynDecember 30, 2013 at 6:42 PM

    Hi Truedessa-
    As can be seen, Bacon does grab me..thanks so much!

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  17. Other MaryDecember 30, 2013 at 7:58 PM

    Wow - I feel like this could be a movie.

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  18. LynDecember 31, 2013 at 8:28 AM

    Hi Other Mary-
    Now if we could only get Scorcese to direct..thanks and best wishes!

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  19. HelenDecember 31, 2013 at 2:15 PM

    Lyn, I so enjoy your writing ... Happy New Year!

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  20. LynDecember 31, 2013 at 3:19 PM

    Hi Helen-
    How kind of you..thanks..and a very Happy New Year to you!

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  21. ~T~January 4, 2014 at 2:17 PM

    Ooh, chilling! Happy new year!

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  22. LynJanuary 4, 2014 at 4:17 PM

    Hi ~T~
    Oh, thank you..just what I want! Best and Happy New Year!!

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