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Deconstruction Of The Heart (Free verse) by impert&ent
Is an engineerâs task
I want to know the protocol
How that fucker is put together
What the city is made of
Look at the drawings
Lay out the map
but, she asks
can you be such a deconstructionist with your heart?
did you surrender to the arms of your parents?
To which I say
We choose our muses carefully
And with deadly precision
I am a tortoise
after i read my poem
i was super anxious
but it was clear that the room was full of feeling
it had slowed way down
he sat there with tears in his eyes
he said it took his breath away
he wasn't able to concentrate when he began lecturing
that made me nervous, like a little girl
i wasn't sure how to handle it
but it was there
and moving fast over it
was a bit of a violation
and i wonder if you want to use those same skills with your heart
There's a thing about context at work here
Something that shapes the possibility of shared understanding
Underneath the lines of text
Between and around them
I'm tempted to play it back
With my own translation
With my heart
can I be a deconstructionist?
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