she spoke sanguine.

she spoke sanguine to me.
tripping on harp-hearted stilettos. mellow smoke rails
and a nicotine lip. for good measure

a pocket-book romance. that she keeps for the rainy days
when her eyes won't dry. and the stars fall like ashes onto the wet cement
clutching reality with her right hand. standing under a streetlamp
and they've always told her that
these were the best days of her life.

wind whispering sweet tones of anguished cries.
she'd lie to me- if it would make my world turn orange
because she never liked the taste of these sunken blues.
speaking in tongues marked by periods of silence.
puncutated to fit the needs of whoever kept her depth at bay.
and she'd always tell me I was never meant to weather this storm.

and her voice rang when she sang Janis to the treetops
telling her baby to cry. and saying how one fist in the air is meaningless
when the crowd remains seated.
and she'd sit on the curb. these were the best days of her life

when she spoke stucco heartbreaks. lacing each thread with innocence
she'd tell me to dance to her pulse- but my feet kept slipping
cutting her blood-flow. as she spoke to me in vibrant reds.

these humid nights take my breath away

More comments:

• On Wednesday, June 17, 2009, lovechild (43) wrote:
  
  i already have this bookmarked but I am always captivated by it
  
  
• On Friday, January 4, 2008, LadyMalice (21) wrote:
  
  This is beautiful. =)
  
  
• A former member wrote: This is absolutely gorgeous.
  
  
• On Thursday, March 1, 2007, DarkLord (7) wrote:
  
  Incredibly riveting...
  
  
• On Sunday, January 28, 2007, zanewill (101) wrote:
  
  6out=ur awesome*****peace!
  
  
• On Thursday, September 14, 2006, i tremble (32) wrote:
  
  your words steal both my breath and soul.
  
  
• On Wednesday, May 3, 2006, PoeticHellion (211) wrote:
  
  Everytime I read this I die a little. That's how good it is... still.
  
  
• On Thursday, April 6, 2006, Karma Doll (132) wrote:
  
  All the world is a magic ride..and your words are the magician Your words weave a web that you beg to be caught in....you are the perfect spider
  
  
• On Thursday, April 6, 2006, Six-Out (1622) wrote:
  
  This has to be one of the best comments I've ever recieved. You rock. :)
  
  
• On Friday, March 3, 2006, Anna Helianthus (972) wrote:
  
  i can't believe i've never told you how much a love this..i've read this so many times..but this, just like all of your writes, just wraps itself around my brain..gah. you are just too amazing.
  
  
• On Saturday, October 22, 2005, Bellezza (19) wrote:
  
  Beautiful..
  
  
• On Sunday, October 9, 2005, CharlottesWeb (606) wrote:
  
  I understand the lil following this gained. And I wonder...how did you write this??
  
  
• On Sunday, January 14, 2007, CharlottesWeb (606) wrote:
  
  I understand why this a fav of so many. I wonder how could you write this...how could anybody write this? It's so beautiful and undescribable...I'm impressed. It's casts it's own reflection into the darkness...thats beautiful.
  
  
• A former member wrote: hmmm... i could have sworn i've commented on this before. i guess not. my bad. i have to agree with ApathysKiss. this was so nostalgic. it was incredible.
  
  
• On Tuesday, October 4, 2005, ApathysKiss (426) wrote:
  
  how nostalgic....like a song spinning in my head while i'm swinging beneath a tree...i feel the urge to inflate your head with commendation...:p ~michelle
  
  
• On Tuesday, October 4, 2005, liquid_emotion (407) wrote:
  
  its been a long time since i've been here to read, but you have certainly developed a more mature style
  
  
• On Tuesday, October 4, 2005, Six-Out (1622) wrote:
  
  This...makes me incredibly happy.
  
  
• On Thursday, September 29, 2005, Crysa (35) wrote:
  
  So very vivid.
  
  
• On Friday, September 23, 2005, Twilight (1964) wrote:
  
  well fuck a fucking duck. thats poetry. gorgeous write jon...you sexy thang.
  
  
• On Wednesday, September 14, 2005, Astra Dei (589) wrote:
  
  hmmm... this has given me something to pnnder over. I like it