We scream the body electric
The wind blows the curtains
We drink sweet tea
All about us is lost at sea
We drown the powder with flapjacks and honey
Ice cream powder and glue
We scream the body electric.
"Drink sweet tea...lost at sea," yes, I love this collection of words...i agree, sometimes it does feel like we are lost at sea, only to find we are right where we left us.
I too am a southerner. Love the reference to sweet tea and oh, it is so very sweet! I like how you layer the scream between pancakes, tea...the nod to Walt Whitman. Very well done!
At least the narrator was well fed throughout his/her episode of anxiety Jae, so hopefully they remain well and feeling replete... much as I am after finishing dinner!
Love the Whitman touch...
ReplyDelete"Drink sweet tea...lost at sea," yes, I love this collection of words...i agree, sometimes it does feel like we are lost at sea, only to find we are right where we left us.
ReplyDeleteThe wind, the sweet tea, the flapjacks, all helping to stifle the scream. Sending you some sunshine and wavesong across the sea, my friend.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, it certainly feels like we lost at sea sometimes.
ReplyDeleteA nod to Walt Whitman here....veryou good!
ReplyDeleteYou remind me that despite there intensity---maybe because of it---screams are short, layered, a way of breathing.
ReplyDeleteI'm from the south so that sweet tea thing hits home. Love the energy in this!
ReplyDeleteA worthy hat-tip to Whitman! Cool write!
ReplyDeleteI too am a southerner. Love the reference to sweet tea and oh, it is so very sweet! I like how you layer the scream between pancakes, tea...the nod to Walt Whitman. Very well done!
ReplyDelete'We scream the body electric' and keep our sanity with sweet tea and flapjacks. I love the sea/tea rhyme, Jae!
ReplyDeleteAt least the narrator was well fed throughout his/her episode of anxiety Jae, so hopefully they remain well and feeling replete... much as I am after finishing dinner!
ReplyDeleteVery nice! That powder, anyway you can get it down is good. "Ice cream powder and glue" what a combo!
ReplyDeleteFlapjacks and honey might be just the antidote for loss, but a scream might be too.
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