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)
The Lovelies
Christopher Hivner
Can you dream
while the lovely lovelies
shout profanity
outside your door?
Can you sleep through
the reading
of the tome they wrote
in abstract prose,
a collection of footnotes
and misplaced prepositions?
Can you dream
while the world talks
at the foot of your bed,
making plans to
re-arrange the furniture?
Open your eyes
before the church bells ring,
wake up
before the dances
are stolen from your feet.
You can dream
while the lovelies
break down your door
but put the sword
to their throat
when they
cross the threshold.