enjoy this Christopher Hivner writing
in the Scars Publications free 2011 PDF file chapbook: The Silence Brushes
My Cheek Like Glass
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
I Took the Mystery
Christopher Hivner
When he spoke
the light became
a dream
that overtook us;
the air, perfume
that insisted
on a response.
I took the mystery
and required too much of it,
then put it down
and ignored it.
He talked of living,
he spoke of need
and yearning,
aphrodisiacs to a rapt audience
who never left home.
When he spoke,
the light dreamt
of becoming
and smelled of
oily perfume.