Tag Archives: Love

Baby Blue

Posted on October 11, 2011 by saffronsound

He watched his baby grow inside a heavenly body that he’d loved so well and tenderly; it was a like game of magical mystery fruit. One day she was a grape, now she’s a tiny mandarin, and when she reached … Continue reading →

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55 Miles High

Posted on October 8, 2011 by saffronsound

she flies late at night under a sable sky in that nocturnal haven her wings stretched wide under cover of darkness sheer faith is enough and earthly anguish melts into the black ink above a sky brimmed with grace bends … Continue reading →

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Tungsten Carbide

Posted on September 11, 2011 by saffronsound

Suddenly the equilibrium was smashed. Not a clean break either; a massive, destructive shattering. Pieces were everywhere.

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You Have No Idea

Posted on September 7, 2011 by saffronsound

I might sneak into the neighbour’s garden one night and dig up all her onion bulbs and turn them upside down. If the cops drive by I’ll shove my flashlight into the muck so they don’t see it, then I’ll … Continue reading →

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Reduction

Posted on August 25, 2011 by saffronsound

others swallow the world but I content myself with small things dew on a leaf shaft of light a wall of glass uninterrupted curve of a stream bend of an arm blue of your eye the world swallows me

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If I Were Blind

Posted on August 24, 2011 by saffronsound

If I were blind I would read your mind like a book of Braille or a seismograph measuring earthquakes. Line after line your thoughts would shoot up like the birth of a volcanic mountain range. Your words would flow out … Continue reading →

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Little Song

Posted on August 22, 2011 by saffronsound

lyrics for a little song…it’s on the player on the Songs page if you want to hear the demo… It’s a little song, won’t fight for elbow room Just a little song It knows you’ve got to be going soon … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 18, 2011 by saffronsound

She romanced you with vowels and consonants and carefully placed punctuation, and sometimes a complete lack of it, which doesn’t mean she didn’t love you that day, just that she was giving you room to decide. She dredged up impossible … Continue reading →

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Ruby Red

Posted on August 16, 2011 by saffronsound

There is nothing like a grapefruit to cure a broken heart. It’s ruby red juice deluges the tongue, gushes and swishes away all the useless remnants of lust that still make your mouth go dry with desire after all is … Continue reading →

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Nothing is any good without you

Posted on August 15, 2011 by saffronsound

Nothing is any good without you. When I sleep, my feet and my hands search the sheets for yours like restless nomads wandering a desert dry as cotton. When I read, my eyes stumble over the words and fall off … Continue reading →

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