The Absonant Puzzle: A Poem

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Pieces fit the puzzle or they don’t,

Maybe they belong to another one,

Or don’t belong at all, or we force them

To, into the puzzle, of our choice, we twist

And shove and deform and antagonise,

Minimise, magnify, try to exorcise, solidify.

 

Against the wind, I think of water.

Howling against my back where my

Pain and fear and fightlessness have been

Jammed in, I withstand and hear the voices,

Try to listen to one at a time, crunching my fists,

The bones within, freezing, the agony, in my fingertips,

Holding on to your song, and I crown myself with your

Sounds, your softness, I bathe in it, and get close to decay,

It’s not the right way in the long run, I need to let go,

I have to detense and trust that you’re there even

If I loosen up, it cannot happen against my will,

Sister, let go, sister, let go, you need to heal, you need to sleep.

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Published by Croque-Melpomene

My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian. I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides'). Author of "Within Paravent Walls". Pentalingual Idealist. Writer of psycho-corporeal Poetry. Creator of Croque-Melpomene & Les Femmes de la Décadence. Find me here: YouTube: Croque-Melpomene Twitter: lauragentile13 Pinterest: lauragentile12 Instagram: croque_melpomene12 Goodreads: Laura Gentile LinkedIn: Laura Gentile Contact Email Address: croquemelpomene@gmail.com

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