Issue 11
Iron
Arlene Ang

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Ironbound

I admit
wielding positivity
is not my sword
in the stone.

At the first
encrustation of irony,
I sink
as if dragged

undersea
by a rust-grimed
anchor seasoned
with too much brine.

I have tried
shackles of stone
amulets to ward off
negativity,

Tibetan meditation
to hammer thin
cynicism,
even whale-piped

symphonies
to calm sardonic
understatements
away from lips.

Still I remain
ironbound
to this magnetic field
that attracts

ex-lovers
into musing that
had King Arthur been
armed with my element

instead of Excalibur,
no one would have
bothered
with the Holy Grail.

~Arlene Ang

Arlene Ang lives in Venice, Italy where she edits the Italian Niederngasse. Her poetry has recently appeared in Absinthe Literary Review (2002 Eros & Thanatos Prize Winner), Sidereality and Red Booth Review. Email.

© 2003 by Arlene Ang. All Rights Reserved.

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