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Squaw (revised and lenghtened)

Time does not pass          as much as it fades As I age     I lose control     more   and    more Death’s eyes  I capture them peeking  from slightly beyond the yellow neon glow of the all night liquor store and they focus   more intently    each time           Spread her legs Maybe I’ll seduce death welcome and charm her     I want to make love to miss Death she wants to be fucked though That she wants it so bad      scares me to unerection Why am I most alive       surrounded by whores, thieves, and druggies Rats      Pigeons     &     Cockroaches      how come I’ve never seen a baby pigeon?               have you?                 darkness that is where my journey leads me    and visions spawn my experience The most isolated depths of human souls                   Greet Me I walk amongst demons          unseen even welcomed by some as family I am seen as one of their own I find a strange comfort in this                                                                                Though danger   lurks              and evil stalks me   the truths    evil can reveal        are an intense orgasm the wisdom of which can be gained knowledge    by treading   treading into places  most fear going          don’t  go    don’t gggoooo       something unremembered pleads passionately I now understand what the natives mean by a vision quest you may come to a point  where you are more lost in your own life and are afraid you are losing yourself or have forgotten who you are When you come to the point The point where you are on the brink this is the time you are ready to seek your vision I suppose this should be done secluded in nature like the ancients did but----substitute Urban Wasteland and evil The vision and the process of attaining it chooses you---no elder to guide and monitor you The 1000th flicker of the lighter  under the blanket at night’s last darkness       Scanning false sounds EXHALE        The memory of my life                           distant Far from myself The sacrifice of going into the underworld you know the sad ending to come     but march forward anyway In the realm of Good    this would be courageous-----heroic here-----it is nothing except what you think of it      because you are                                                          Alone The beautiful young girl         wanders wanders in the forest a grassy patch finds her  envelopes her horizontal body innocent eyes to sky   delicate fingers tease virgin vagina        Now……stagger on aimlessly     breathing heavy              still aroused Soft     Skin    SLICED  …..the real cause of her pain not pleasure   false pleasure Deceived and alone    the evil has made her hate what truly is beautiful                                                   HERSELF The Demons prey upon the weak or innocent This tragedy hurts a weathered soul more than witnessing a thousand evils the essence of good consumed and controlled    by the darkness                without even knowing it she blames herself                Don’t cry Baby Girl                Death will provide rememberance                 of truth and other things When I feel my life spinning further out of control the spin becoming more and more my reality no one can slow it faster      wondering who, if anyone, has ever felt this not knowing the outcome One of two things will happen Death or the unexpected breaking through finding yourself spit out back into life the good life the good red road appears again You sit there    bewildered you recognize yourself   you look at your hands naked and cold ecstatic at being free but a suicidal pain lingers just want a woman to talk to and hold   to listen Like a newborn child    with no mother no warm nipple to suckle     no soft words that’s the feeling Lacking in cents   I walk down an anonymous Chicago street All powerful-----strength Almost there Almost complete     I’m a legend somehow-----sense it-----the Crows squaw to me pay their respects Old friends----spirit guides they give warning Their ancient eye will see into your  most primal recesses  Sometimes they appear    just to bear witness to your spirit----just before you enter on an unknown road They want to measure  what’s inside you What brings you upon the brink of such a dangerous journey  Dangerous      Unknown You must travel alone     R U afraid R U scared of the journey or the certain prospect of death   Squaw  Squaw Clench the Tomahawk    squaw      and capture it’s strength    ATTACK DEATH  SQUAW SQUAW You only get one journey  squaw   I want  squaw  a good death squaw I attack  squaw sprinting to her  squaw squaw The Crows watch closely The fear of falling back into the dark dream isn’t there because the snake spirit within me has shed that skin Now, I keep that seductive skin framed in the room of memories behind oak door and bolt It tells a story Not a happy story More like a powerful piece of music that brings tears The power is in its experience Not in its false promise to be something else       I can cry now its over Seeing the leaves change  the little asian girl jumping up and down (I want to jump 2) the death of Super Man they all bring tears I just wish  I had somebody to cry with I have no one

Copyright © October 2004 timothy joseph canezaro


This Poem was Critiqued By: James Edward Schanne On Date: 2004-10-22 18:28:14
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 8.96078
This is definitely a powerful poem full of great images, it lets the brain just take off with some suggested at themes as well as having a center theme as well, and the thought of seducing death provokes me into imaginative fancy, thanks for the good read.


This Poem was Critiqued By: Karen Ann Jacobs On Date: 2004-10-20 14:49:06
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
I haven’t read the short version of this poem yet, but I found myself entranced and immersed in the world glimpsed through this poem. My heart beat faster and I couldn’t look away. I want to read the other one, just to compare. I’ll let you know which I like better and why. Real quick, I had a couple things that tripped me up in this one. I got caught a little on the word, “unerection”. Would flaccidity work there, instead? This line caught me, “treading into places most fear going”. I didn’t really understand it. Okay, heading to read the other one. Thanks for this experience. Kay
This Poem was Critiqued By: DeniMari Z. On Date: 2004-10-18 19:14:22
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.15385
Dear Timothy, I have read this poem several times - and several times I have gotten confused by this particular poem. It is lengthy - and sends out eons of messages throughout the poem that I can't get the exact message you are trying to convey. There are alot of emotions expressed - mostly those of a negative nature and then of warnings from ancient spirits - but then I get tripped up with the ending, with the Asian girl and the death of Super Man. I realize only the writer himself can understand what is written and what is to be read between the lines, and I wish I had been able to get a better grasp of this piece. Good luck, DeniMari
This Poem was Critiqued By: marilyn terwilleger On Date: 2004-10-16 16:13:49
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.66667
Hi Timothy, It is always so nice to read a new poet that has joined TPL...you are very welcome here. I must admit I am somewhat confused about this piece...it's title is Squaw but the conversation seems to be coming from a man...'scares me to unerection' for instance. I don't usually critique very long poems but I could not stop reading this one as it is one of the most compelling I have read in a long time. Also I don't often delve into the grammer or technicalities of the poems I read...you can get that from some of the other poets. I just like to tell the poet how their work makes me feel inside and this one is gut wrenching to me. It is full of pathos, fear, lonliness, anger, and disappointment. I don't know if you write this from personal experience or just for the effect and poetics...if it is written just for the effect it has on the reader you have done a good job....at least for this reader. I do think the four letter words are unnecessary as you have landed a big punch without them...but that is just me...I am not offended by them but think the poem speaks well without them. I would really like to read more of your work as you display great talent for the written word. The last lines of this piece makes me feel sad inside...'I just wish I had somebody to cry with...I have no one.' I do hope to read more from you soon. Peace...Marilyn
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