Nobody here makes love like this:
with curtains shut against a screaming sun,
minds undone,
fingers fierce or delicate of instance,
hearts unleashed.
Here the sink shines like the surface of virtue
and water boils at a hundred degrees Celcius.
Organic courtesies,
hand-picked apologies,
so much to say on the freshness of a lettuce.
Nobody here makes loves like this:
with skin and soul,
thorns and teeth.
Nobody speaks like a piece of fiction
or in a way that encourages addiction.
‘Isn’t it time we had kids?
They’ll modify our traits to perfection.
We’ll put their pictures on the mantelpiece
as proof of our legitimate completion.
All lovely people should have a couple of these.’
Passion is a moment televised,
then dismissed – another neutered wish.
It’s a liaison of legal nature,
a garden of suburban bliss.
Quelle surprise! Nobody here makes love like this.
***
MARRIAGE A LA MODE was first published on Rat’s Ass Review, Winter 2017 Issue, 10/12/2017
http://ratsassreview.net/?page_id=2794#Pappa
©️ Basilike Pappa 2017
This is beautiful! 😍
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Thank you!
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You’re so freaking fantastic!
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I like the words freaking and fantastic in the same sentence, especially if it refers to me!
Seriously, thank you!
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🙂 You are most welcome, my lovely lady!
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The lovely lady around here has a name that starts with K!
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“Nobody here makes loves like this:
with skin and soul,
thorns and teeth.
Nobody speaks like a piece of fiction
or in a way that encourages addiction.”
This is so good…and I loved that you added Quelle surprise! because I say that all the time.
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It goes well with the cream-coloured sofas these people probably have.
So glad you liked it!
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Haha x
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I just read this again, Basilike. You are such a smart writer.
“Here the sink shines like the surface of virtue
and water boils at a hundred degrees Celcius.
Organic courtesies,
hand-picked apologies,
so much to say on the freshness of a lettuce.”
Ohmygod. I love this so much. ❤
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Sorry I’m late, Allane!
I remember we were commenting on classy beige sofas at the time.
So good you still like this one!
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Haha x
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Kisses!
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Stark contrasts in your beautiful words, Basilike. Something to strive for and indulge in. ❤
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You are always very kind, Diana! Thank you very much!
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Whoa … this is something. And definitely warranting another immediate read 😌
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So happy you like it!
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I revisited because I wanted another taste of your words, like foie gras I enjoy morsels and come back for more!
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So much truth in this line: ‘Isn’t it time we had kids?/ They’ll modify our traits to perfection.’ Tho unfortunately it usually works in reverse. I.e. We’re devolving.
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Ha ha! So it seems. We are surely declining intellectually. But we are getting better at looking good, and that’s the important thing!
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We ARE getting better at looking good…. in most cases. In some, we’re going backwards in that too. Look at Mickey Rourke. I don’t know what species he’s trying to turn himself into. Gila monster?
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Or Donatella Versace. They seem to be trying to make a new exclusive species. The rich and ugly? The walking mummies?
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The smug and reptilian?
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The plastic fantastic?
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Reblogged this on Whisper and the Roar and commented:
Basilike Pappa
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Thank you.
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Wow, Basilike!! This is brilliant.
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Thank you, Angela! It means so much that you like it!
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I do! You’re welcome.
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Reblogged this on A Global Divergent Literary Collective and commented:
Basilike Pappa
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Thank you!
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You’re so welcome, Beautiful!
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Reblogged this on hands in the garden and commented:
detachment at it’s best.
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Thank you!
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Basilike, only you makes
the melancholic as poetic
as this.
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Thank you, David! I hope I do.
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Woa! I don’t know if this is sad or passionate or both? Very enthralling!
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I think it’s both! Thanks for reading, Henna!
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Nobody here writes like B.
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The benefits of using pepper mills
are so many they deserve a lecture.
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Lol
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