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.
© Copyright 2003 by Cayuse Press. All Rights Reserved.