Episode 006: Mrs. Fantastic Kiss

Guilliean reads her self-penned poetry. Stream the episode below and read along with the author.

1. Mrs. Bumblebee

over cinnamon apple tea 
Technicolor pictures Galore 
she dreamed of her lover 
and so much more 
I was a starving artist 
oil streaked Carnations, Arms Reach 
I danced with peasants and ate with Kings 
the rustle of the quail song 
pounding against the Riverbed 
the Opera of the Nightingale 
to usher in a peaceful slumber 
tributes of the birds, the bees
of emptiness, and the trees 
and my lover's calls 
I spoke layman's words 
but dreamt of a space 
at the dais of the demagogue 
I used to scrawl carelessly 
painted his portrait 1,000 times 
or maybe just his smile 
I cry out in my light sleep, I tell that girl every day 
asking why God had to have his way 
one day the rain fell as thick as black oil 
as dark as my work in progress on the soil 
asking him to stay, he faded away 
I kissed the fog on a sunny day 
I sketched him with my hands 
I sculpted the wound with my feet 
I molded the lust and vanilla beads 
in this rocking chair 
I melted into the night 
until the voices told me to take flight 
I stopped at the store, craving to paint more 
of the lover I lost long ago 
over oatmeal cookies 
acrylic paint Galore 
I lecture on my lover 
and so much more.

2. S’embrasser

Quand il m'embrasse, je ne sais pas quoi faire.
J'entends le chant des oiseaux bleus, et mon esprit…
Je me sens mieux quand il est là,
et mon conte de fées est complet.

When he kisses me, I don't know what to do.
I hear the bluebirds singing, and my mind...
I feel better when he's here,
and my fairy tale is complete.

3. Trip the Light Fantastic

Screaming into the wind 
silenced by the rush 
that whips by the open window 
intrusive thoughts from the top down 
grandparent,parent,child,Apo 
unable to unfold itself 
with a snap of God's finger 
the air calmed 
and I was left 
with the scars on my skin 
and the blood on the page 
with no explanation 
no response 
to the question that rips 
into the light fantastic

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