Naked Clothes - Part five
A poetry series by student DP.
23 July 2021
Begin the Jive
to Dance Alive
and Dip then Dive
But Always Survive
– Take Five
So, how then
does this entry even exist?
by clothes?
by authors?
or invisible wrists?
All three are true,
we work together,
to write,
for you,
this poetic letter
A velvet jacket
and a restless pen,
set about
their nightly routine
again
Struggle, you may,
to think this unfalse.
but, friend,
we wish you
to join our waltz
The whole house alive
and dancing well –
everything
has spirit,
that’s easy to tell!
For wherever humans
care to live, and dwell;
angels of heaven,
and demons
of hell
Spiritual beings,
and ghostly spells,
and naked clothes
all follow
as well.
So when you wake
in the light of dawn
and take you
a glance of
clothes forlorn
Remember,
in the night
they weren’t alone;
they moved about
all over your home!
Think what did they do,
my unpeopled clothes?
was this dress
up all night
striking a pose?
Think did my jumper
waltz or flamenco?
think did my shirt
get torn
by the tango?
Think what you like
but do think
that we danced
beneath the night
and the moonlight’s glance
Think of
the clothes
that dance away –
us naked clothes
in the dark of day.
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