Sunday, July 31, 2011

egg on

gravity. a spat or a splat
eggs us on.
shells, half broken
tell a tale-
uncomfortable in that skin,
gravity grounds everything.

'I feel such a palpable relief'


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16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Better to be broken? I'd rather hatch.

- Alice

Brian Miller said...

nice...have both john mayer and sara's albums...gravity does ground everything...

Monkey Man said...

Gravity rules, that is for certain. Thanks for playing along with the Sunday 160.

Nanka said...

Good one !! Enjoyable!!

Susan Anderson said...

Wonderfully done.

=)

cj Schlottman said...

Gravity can be such a fickle mistress!

Namaste..........cj

Nonna said...

Excellent !

I love so much the wonderful things you create with so few words...
Bravo !!!

Ames said...

Gravity is such a dirty word isn't it? I mean, it sure hasn't been kind to me! :)~Ames

Laurie Kolp said...

This sticks with you... love the metaphor.

PremI said...

Nice word play...
"shells, half broken
tell a tale-"
Nicely done!

Sheila (Bookjourney) said...

LOL - this is great.

Gems said...

Gravity sure doesn't do me any favors anymore....but this had optimism as well as breakage.

gsb3 said...

Very insightful and love the word choices that go round and round. Nicely and efficiently done!

Isabel said...

wonderful write.

Jenny said...

Bravo! This was absolutely brilliant.

Love this imagery.

Unknown said...

Beautiful imagery from an unpleasant picture of an egg!
Well done.
Best wishes,
Anna
'John Tell, expert on tourism' Anna's SC wk 65