Practice Fish

I want to be your slave
I want to be the queen you must drone on about
I want to be the corpuscles and the blood work
That says you will be dead without my infusion

Typical physic paradigms
And lofty schemes
All to hold on
To
The someone that becomes
Casper the friendly ghost
Flying in to tell me that if I just follow
My dreams
He will too
From a café in Paris
He will read all about me!
His heart will soar.
To the ethers of forever
Whence we came,
He and I
By the by

I am in the Andes.
Eating coca leaves and the bruja says
There is something a brewing
A storm is coming
A wind funnel is changing and I must go!
Run she says run run to your destiny
It waits on a wailing wall in darkness
Bring them light she says
That’s all that matters.
The light is all that will satisfy you!
But she is wrong
I think
I wanted to just be in bed with you
Hearty cup of tea and practice fish
Listening to the song of
Letting me go.
Oh shit
Even here you and the fish practice
The backstroke
To a place where you watch me
Discover the light that old bruja said I should
Find
The only thing that will make me truly happy
She said,
But I don’t think so
I think
Smoking one last cigarette
After 11:00pm
With you would have been better.
But I don’t know that either,
Cause I still can’t find that light.

Linaji 2009

  • helene ruiz

    helene ruiz

    ahhhhh sista…..FIND that light! in your heart….u already know….beautiful writing lina! xxooxx

  • linaji replied

    Sweet Helene.. I am touched.. thank you sista.. xox

  • Lisa  Jewell

    Lisa Jewell

    Wow how intoxicatingly sublime….fish practice…now that is inspired. xxx

  • Lisa  Jewell

    Lisa Jewell

    If you find that light….can you shine it my way too xx

  • linaji replied

    first.. lets go to the Andes and eat some leaves!! tee hee.. xox thanks so much Lisa.

  • Leon  Walker

    Leon Walker

    Lina you have an incredible gift and a wonderful heart!!! It’s all yours…

  • linaji replied

    hugging you.. thanks Mr. Magic.

  • PJ Ryan

    PJ Ryan

    lina this is brilliant .. so many beautiful visuals in this .. absolutely wonderful x

  • linaji replied

    PJ.. thanks so much girrrl..This week has been full of visuals.. appreciate you being here. xox

  • robpixaday

    robpixaday

    Oh, gosh!!!!! love how this dances and soars at the beginning and then crashes around our feet…it’s brilliant….
    (((((((((hugs))))))))))

  • linaji replied

    tee hee.. Robbi.. you da best!! truly I see that in this verse.. thanks so very much..xoxoxo

  • VanSnuG

    VanSnuG

    ...........................
    visualizing
    ...........................
    :-)

  • linaji replied

    ahhh Steven.. your imagination is wonderful!! tee hee.

  • Farras Abdelnour

    Farras Abdelnour

    lina, your poem feels vast and dynamic. it’s beautifully candid. xox

  • linaji replied

    Farras.. what an amazing comment.. thank you so much..!!

  • eon man

    eon man

    Your Poetry about Fish has a distinct HOOK Very Cool ” – ))

  • linaji replied

    I will hook into YOU anytime Mr. Steve..xox

  • mrscarlotta

    mrscarlotta

    This is just brilliant writing my gorgeous friend, xxxxxxxxxx

  • linaji replied

    tee hee.. Carlotta.. I so love you. thanks!

  • Shoaib .

    Shoaib .

    nice writing hun

  • Rachel Davison

    Rachel Davison

    This is so beautiful… fresh, intriguing, shiny!

    In the end it all comes back to love : )

  • BiographyofRed8

    BiographyofRed8

    I so enjoyed reading this, especially how you take us on a journey, I think this is one of my all time favourites!!

  • dawndavies

    dawndavies

    wonderful!!

  • mishaman

    mishaman

    I like this one.

  • TheWanderingBoo

    TheWanderingBoo

    wonderful image and such beautiful words

  • RosaCobos

    RosaCobos

    God!.....
    at first you seems to submmit to a vampire.
    Now I can see that there is always something…
    or someone to submmit…
    Forgive me adjudicating you the second persons….
    characters of Life… I know…
    who knows?...
    what kind of souls’ adventuring..
    you may be in…..je, je,
    Rosa

  • ellamental

    ellamental

    Often it’s hard to see the light ….. when you are the Light!!!

  • linaji replied

    you are simply delightful and loving.. Ella.. I wanna meet you!

  • Gregory John O'Flaherty

    Gregory John O...

    hahaha. LOL… Love it

  • billyboy

    billyboy

    Amazing lyric Lina. And one with your dynamic needs both blood sucking vampire and friendly ghost… a true lover needs to be both. And eat Practice Fish on Wednsday nights…

    Btw, I promise to stop going on about dynamic (crosses fingers behind back…)
    xo

  • linaji replied

    may be.. one true one.. dynamic is just begging for a verse to explode on. dynamic.. my gal pal I talked to uses that word alot .. yes.. one needs a lover and a ghost.. when one has the story I do to swallow practice fish with.. .. strong like tea i would say .xo

  • Ty Beach

    Ty Beach

    linaji, I had no idea what a practice fish was.. I thought it was a rebound boyfriend (ie more fish in the see…lol) thank for enlightening me!

  • linaji replied

    Kinda a metaphor for love that cannot be.. mine.. I guess I am practicing for what I can have.. ya know?? xoxo

  • Keith Reesor

    Keith Reesor

    Amazing!! :)

  • F.A. Moore

    F.A. Moore

    It soars, and then, wind let out of the bag, hits home, hard. Your words are lyrical, Lina.

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