A Message for Geomom's Husband

[gman]

^^^interesing comment

and i wanted in on this bump thread

(((Geo)))

[ddstartingover]

^^^

[Steve McQueen]

bump. what the heck..... one of my favorite poems to take your minds off of relationships... for a moment at least

“Work Song”

by Mark Levine

My name is Henri. Listen. It’s morning.
I pull my head from my scissors, I pull
the light bulb from my mouth–Boss comes at me
while I’m still blinking.
Pastes the pink slip on my collarbone.
It’s OK, I say, I was a lazy worker, and I stole.
I wipe my feet on his skullcap on the way out.

I am Henri, mouth full of soda crackers.
I live in Toulouse, which is a piece of cardboard.
Summers, the Mayor paints it blue, we fish in it.
Winters we skate on it. Children are always drowning
or falling through the cracks. Parents are distraught
but get over it. It’s easy to replace a child.
Like my parents’ child, Henri.

I stuff my hands in my shoes
and crawl through the snow on all fours.
Animals fear me. I smell so good.
I have two sets of footprints, I confuse the police.
When I reach the highway I unzip my head.

I am a zipper. A paper cut.
I fed myself so many times
through the shredder I am confetti,
I am a ticker-tape parade, I am an astronaut
waving from my convertible at Henri.

Henri from Toulouse, is that you?
Why the unhappy face? I should shoot you
for spoiling my parade. Come on, man,
put yourself together! You want so much to die
that you don’t want to die.

My name is Henri. I am Toulouse. I am scraps
of bleached parchment, I am a standing militia,
a quill, the Red Cross, I am a feather
in my cap, the Hebrew Testament, I am the World Court.
An electric fan blows
beneath my black robe. I am dignity itself.

I am an ice machine.
I am an alp.
I stuff myself in the refrigerator
wrapped in newsprint. With salt in my heart
I stay good for days.

[BobbiJo]

Wow...that poem was not exactly a mood lifter!

I believe Puppy encouraged him to start a thread in Thinking of Leaving or whatever that potential WAS-thread is...he could even start one in newcomers. I think if more WAS shared their POV and started a dialogue that could be beneficial...

[cbih]

just doing my part to ^^^^^^ bump.

[Puppy Dog Tails]

has anyone just asked him to set up his own account and tell his side of the story?

Yes, I did -- hence this very thread. Read the first post on it.

Someone else also, upthread, suggested he could do it in the "thinking of walking away" forum, in order to find a more sympathetic audience.

But as I suspected, he hasn't the 'nads to do it.

Puppy

[Steve McQueen]

chicken.

[robx]

LOL, yup!

[june72]

Bump,
Isn't this the same guy that was furiously accusing her of spying, etc.

Irony

[june72]

I guarantee he is watching all of this. Probably trying to get into the FB stuff to.