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The Blue Dress by Saeed Jones

Her blue dress is a silk train is a river
is water seeps into the cobblestone streets of my sleep, is still raining
is monsoon brocade, is winter stars stitched into puddles
is good-bye in a flooded, antique room, is good-bye in a room of crystal bowls
and crystal cups, is the ring-ting-ring of water dripping from the mouths
of crystal bowls
and crystal cups, is the Mississippi River is a hallway, is leaks
like tears from windowsills of a drowned house, is windows open to waterfalls
is a bed is a small boat is a ship, is a current come to carry me in its arms
through the streets, is me floating in her dress through the streets
is only the moon sees me floating through the streets, is me in a blue dress
out to sea, is my mother is a moon out to sea.

Date: 2026-03-13 04:15 am (UTC)
thatjustwontbreak: Hawkeye from M*A*S*H* reading in bed (Default)
From: [personal profile] thatjustwontbreak
Gorgeous! I've never read this poem before and it's so lovely. Beautiful image after beautiful image.

Date: 2026-03-13 04:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kitarella_imagines
that is beautiful!

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