BARCODES

BARCODES




I met this girl who goes by the name Barcode
she is pale,
and wears her hair in dark snappy fringe
much like a frantic piano that can’t seem to stop clacking


last night, we spoke  in code
together
about how trees twisted from blackened roots
  and that there is not enough colour in this room we call our world.
      she thought for a minute and said
                      “I sell cheap art on the corner of Bookend Ave.”


we looked at her paintings
   fresh slabs of bright red meat for the market
some cool and calm like the hush of a lullaby
 and as we talk I stop to burn a hole through the wall
as I stare
         they are cheap to buy,
but cheap is not cheap when you give value to something
    




 I tell her the world is not black and white
  and most certainly never just grey,
but only blank to the canvas; ripe for the painting
   and she nods hard and fast
like an excited zebra    she believes she can, as do i


but what is the difference    between
Barcodes and I?   are we really much different
   other than by the ink in our veins?
   we are all separated in age,
by the stroke of a comb


         and I have heard of seeds forgotten in the earth
bright moons concealed by a shadow's eclipse
      and in this world   it’s only a matter
           of paying the right price to shine
and Barcode agrees, as do I.
 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love the "frantic piano" analogy...
the whole poem is interesting and artsy...when artists get together there is always some kind of explosion....
we are much the same but as you say..."separated in age/ by the stroke of a comb"
and maybe a stroke of the pen, or taps on the keys.
j.

[Glen Yumang Manese]

i read your first one on the top of your postings and then this one...you have a certain style and theme with your work...and this is an interesting read...keep me in as a reader...

[Dr. Wood ?]

clever stuff..funny and deep....some real imagination on fire here

[Joseph Eluzai]

This is so profound and deep. A great read!

[Alpris]

Cheers mate! I appreciate it :D