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it was like an engine exploded when the searing garlic chip enhanced oil splashed out of the pan and onto my (fortunately) socked left foot.

then I held a pack of organic edamame against my blistering toes and waited for the pain to end.

Posted By ellie griffith On 05.15.2012 @ 3:19 pm

For a second I was Going to embark upon A story about girl scout cookies But then I realized this refers To writing Or maybe a stumpy limb It really all depends on How you look at it Does it have anything to Do with the other hand? What is with all these things about hands? Long hand? Is that something else?

Posted By ellie griffith On 05.08.2012 @ 6:06 pm

The super moon Was musical and broad Lighting up the melody Of the night sky

Seagulls flew past Their wings becoming flashes Of gleaming orange and gold Pumpkin lightening bolts

Orbiting The majestic lunar oasis

Posted By ellie griffith On 05.06.2012 @ 6:41 pm

Keep them separate The things you can change And the ones you can’t do squat about Keep them apart In mind and body Do what you can with what you have Try not to take on the universe I try to tell this to to myself Breathe in, exhale Repeat.

Posted By ellie griffith On 05.02.2012 @ 10:37 am

He said he didn’t do it That he had an alibi But I found out he was guilty So that was one big lie It really doesn’t matter what the crime It only matters that he fibbed And like many things in life His handiwork was ad libbed He left the scene of the crime feeling good But the CSI were on their way From what I understood…

Posted By ellie griffith On 04.29.2012 @ 6:28 pm

My hands look like they’ve been worked in a stale Environment for decades Like the walls of the workhouse caved inward And my knuckles alone had to brace the fall.

Posted By ellie griffith On 04.25.2012 @ 10:50 am

In the rye I catch dreams I watch them flow through my digits Catcher and capturer of your soul You puddle in ribbons around my galoshes I am ebony white and soulful black You have caught me

Posted By ellie griffith On 03.27.2012 @ 8:41 pm

I am a steel drum Drifting through melodies On sands of music Tunes churning through chord tides I am riveted by birds Sun kissed by water My metal vibrates And echoes through the islands I am the tropics I am glorious.

Posted By ellie griffith On 03.26.2012 @ 12:57 pm

Bam It’s that time of the 30 days Of the 365 (The month) I am not ashamed I am just angry Sharp witted Sharp pains Sharp edges They try to tell me it is beautiful I tell them it would be beautiful if it didn’t hurt I want to throw things I want to be gone like the end of a hot flash

Posted By ellie griffith On 03.25.2012 @ 4:45 pm

Sugar cube houses lined in Sucrose rows Families chattering in crystalized awkwardness I grew up in a neighborhood Where childhood was sweetly savored I grew up in an era Where the world crumbled to the sea Take this town down And you steal away my youth

Posted By ellie griffith On 03.04.2012 @ 3:29 pm

Global sphere of pivotal light Shines from beneath my abdomen Beaming into his gleaming face Oxygenless silence swings silently Through the night Blood streams tactlessly Crazy diamond you Crazy always to me

Posted By ellie griffith On 03.01.2012 @ 1:08 pm

They rowed the boat In the tempest of seaweed Competing for the world’s recognition The tallest one in the back was convinced That she could see more than just the finish line The shortest one in the front was convinced She was invincible The golden trophy in their hands They walked home Proudly

Posted By ellie griffith On 02.29.2012 @ 7:18 pm

The heat burbles at night In my tiny flat And I wake up with hotflashes Wake up wondering if the energy From the vessels of my heart Are going stirfry in a wok crazy I sweat and shed the layers Musical generator Of the night

Posted By ellie griffith On 02.28.2012 @ 5:08 pm

As much as the flaky pastry calls to me And I’m jealous that my friend is in Paris Probably enjoying one at this very moment I am only reminded of the time in ASL class When I made a fool of myself making A crescent shape sign wrongly Food or feeling silly? Who knows?

Posted By ellie griffith On 02.27.2012 @ 2:07 pm

I am at a loss for words half the time The correct ones I always have something to say At the moment I’m at a loss of appetite Cemented to the chair Full of Asian Chicken Noodle Soup Losing the ability to think straight Loss of time Loss of Life Losses are part of the journey

Posted By ellie griffith On 02.23.2012 @ 3:36 pm

marching in scurried lines lava hot carrying weights bigger than their bodies hailing to the queen building homes in the sand of areas where children play come to the rescue of their colony when intruders attack marching on and on and on

Posted By ellie griffith On 02.16.2012 @ 5:49 pm

I got a bloody nose On a tilty ride at the lobster fest one year The lady who held a tissue tight Against my face, gasped As an alien creature of red escaped from my nostril And lay, gooey and life like In the palm of her kleenex covered hand

Posted By ellie griffith On 02.13.2012 @ 6:21 pm

My cousin was adopted from Togo A tiny country in Africa Where he surely would have died Had my Uncle not taken him back to the USA

My friend in childhood Was adopted from Louisiana The youngest of five Her birth parents could take care of them all

Posted By ellie griffith On 02.10.2012 @ 9:34 am

He says he broke down one of my walls In the cold lightless morning When I am neither awake or asleep These boundaries are ones I am aware of This table cannot be overturned too soon Like the celebration of the Berlin wall falling down It is almost a bitter sweet love song

Posted By ellie griffith On 02.07.2012 @ 3:46 pm

The gum commercials in Russia With the ladies and their vaccume cleaners Digging out green cladden bacteria With huge smiles on their faces You could buy them in tiny packs Stuffed like over sized caviar into the tin foil I’d never seen the chiclet kind in the USA before The pineapple kind was my favorite Oh and I guess this could be referring to a rocket ship?

Posted By ellie griffith On 02.06.2012 @ 6:05 pm

He raised his hands above the bonfire As it crackled menacingly toward the night sky Shrunken heads gleamed like owls eyes Attached to the worn out belt Wrapped around his sagging, wrinkled belly His voice shook, as the sky filled with the sound Of his final war cry.

Posted By ellie griffith On 02.04.2012 @ 10:32 am

I’m an odd person The age I will be turning is even What are the odds?

My initials are EEG I have seizures Again, what are the odds?

Does ODDS stand for something? Occasional Dancing Destructibly Syndrome? Because I definitely have that These are odd thoughts

Posted By ellie griffith On 01.30.2012 @ 10:37 am

She and her mother put away groceries In the fridge Arguing in Japanese It is like they are dancing with hula hoops Their words swinging around their bodies And the vitamins and minerals That make up the food Becoming nourishment in the Near future

Posted By ellie griffith On 01.28.2012 @ 6:02 pm

It was like a volt of electricity On a collar meant to keep a pup From straying beyond the boundaries of white flags Shock To the neck The throat Resulting in high pitched squeaks Of an undignified nature.

Posted By ellie griffith On 01.27.2012 @ 8:29 am

Red crustacean Like marks appear on the hinges Of my fingers Making them bend like stiff Pine trees in a lonely breeze

My digits are enflamed Like the skin devil is living beneath them Fueling a fire of a life I do not quite understand

I can cover them Or I can simply let it be

Posted By ellie griffith On 01.24.2012 @ 12:40 pm

I feel guilty flushing a toilet After seeing commercials about Children being dried up in desserts Like untethered cactus flowers because Water is scarce

While my bodily functions result In a stream of waste These young ones lie Parched and waiting for help

Posted By ellie griffith On 01.21.2012 @ 6:23 pm

Let go of the chains that bind you to the earth Initiate your heart’s desires with the ring of a Bell Evaluate all that you have seen and all that you have not Retreat no more The call is ending Your time has come

Posted By ellie griffith On 01.19.2012 @ 8:02 pm

They cleared ice off the Windshield of our tiny rick rackety air craft The stewardess asked us to place our belts Low and tight around our necks… “Hips people! I meant HIPS!” She cried A smile broadening on her wisened face Two students from Juliard sand a winter song Out loud to the passengers on board As we prepared for take off.

Posted By ellie griffith On 01.20.2012 @ 1:12 pm

I learned the sign for below in ASL you take one hand and move it around underneath the other one it’s the reverse for above but I wondered, what if you only have one hand? Can you use your feet?

Posted By ellie griffith On 01.17.2012 @ 4:48 pm

He said that my bowling name Should be sparkly bright as his suggestion But his friend gave me BottleCap Which is what I initially went with It’s silly but it made me feel part of the Crowd. Like sparkling braces had Been taken off my teeth And I could now smile proudly.

Posted By ellie griffith On 01.11.2012 @ 5:19 pm