she whistles a wish
through lush red lips
to usher in
the morning
I only want enough again
figure thin
it whispers wind
with interest in
her mourning
I only want enough again
bust it up
dis mantle it
fill it in with sweet
-ness
I only want enough again
miserable wishes
become rotten fishes
that swim straight
to the heart
of her soul
proving
wishes like dishes
hold feasts
not delicious
that fuss
until she lets go
I only want enough again
enough means
letting go
Brenda Warren 2013
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undercaws 
Mournful is the song, powerful is the message.
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This is brilliant, Brenda. I love the format as well.
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Yes, sometimes it really is!
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First: you’re evil and sadistic in this slew of words. Second: you’re brilliant! Third: I wish you enough!
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Dang, girl, you did whip those words into shape, lol. Well done, my friend. I am very late reading with Candlemas, Super Bowl and today was a holiday, so, I am now just getting round to read you lovely folk.
Pamela
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Those wishes turn miserable like fishes until enough is all..yes..I could hear this..like a little chant inside..to get to the end of a day..an hour..a minute..a second..
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Gosh, I thought it was just me but these words are eliciting melancholia in more people. I really enjoyed the short sharpness of this Brenda. 🙂
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This does bounce, almost marching down the page. Think you had fun with these words. Like the sounds and the repetition and that final line: enough is letting go.
Elizabeth
http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/rewritten-blues/
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It’s interesting that so many of these have a staccato tempo to them. Love the use of enough!
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Brenda, I like what you did with “wishes” and “enough” – those two words conjure up so much. I also like “feasts / not delicious” and that repeated line with “again”.
Richard
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Yes, I enjoyed the way the poem bounced along with the repetitive wish hammering it home.
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Powerful ending… love this, Brenda.
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I like the repetition of the line – I only want enough again, but then realizing enough means letting go.
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Love the way it bounces along… then just lets go… when it’s had enough!
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I couldn’t sing that to a hornpipe, but it was fun just the same, with a dose of Brenda-ish wisdom. Enough is sufficient and we shouldn’t hanker for more!
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If only ‘enough’ – but each of us has our own definition.
I really like this. I think there is a blogger whose tag line is ‘I wish you enough.’
I was a bit confused by the Mr. LInky change. But as I make visits I see it really isn’t that different. Just a very cold splash in the face of morning that I wasn’t prepared for. So I posted my links in the Reply section like I have always done as a back up.
My non-story verse is here:
http://julesgemsandstuff.blogspot.com/2013/02/sw94-judgement.html
I went time traveling to ‘Salem’ …
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Set it to a hornpipe.
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