Poetry from Thailand

Original poetry written in and about rural Thailand.

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Saturday, April 7, 2012

My Boyself



Now old, I like to watch myself
as a boy. It’s not narcissism, although
seeing that reedy boy when no one
else is looking is voyeurism of a sort.
Sadly, he’s a vision that doesn’t change,
no matter how much I wish he would.
Falling bodies in falling on are locked
into orbits that hurtle through emptiness
and my boyself never speaks, never
does anything different.  I hear
footfalls from then and the thunk of
a clutch pedal when released or the
smell of homemade bread, but my
boyself never speaks, he never does
anything different.

FG Opening Day 2012

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The persistence of memory is voiceless.  A poet searching for his voice is not far from the subject of this poem, I think.