Taking Leave
​
Release your dreams
from parentheses
set them
loose on the page
writ large
in bold serif
drop them
into the palm of your hand
toss them
into the ethers
blow breath under them
watch residue
scatter
disperse
run amok collide
coalesce like mercurybeads
exit language, lose
your senses...roll around
in dislocation
abandon time
metered
measured
present
past
escape to
space time
unfettered time
frivolous time
eschew gloss
and glamour
and the grammar
of naming it
Give way
Give way to
Give
way
to
Hallucination
let synapse
become a symphony
syntax an epiphany
be the author
to your dreams
and
and
and
The Onlooker
CommingleFutilityAndCertitude
invite unruliness into being with ferocious velocity
let the interplay
of verbs
nouns
silence
gibberish
yank you
from consciousness
and thrust you without hesitation
into the vast
empty space void
of punctuation
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Release your dreams
from
parentheses
from the seduction
of caressing frames
untangle yourself
from the tyranny of linguistics
disappear
without leaving.
– Linda Belans


