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Poetic Thoughts - Poem by Neil Cain: Reconstruct - by C.W. Pruitt II
posted: May 13, 2021

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Poem by Neil Cain
Neil Cain is a poet, musician, and artist from Indianapolis. He currently (when this column first appeared in 2010) lives in South Broad Ripple where he runs an independent record label, Pattern-Hungry Records and an independent publishing house, The Pattern-Hungry Press.

Reconstruct

Reconstruct
break down
fill me up from the ground
fill my head with sounds
chiming, swimming
miming wind patterns with your arms
blowing breezes
no need for alarm
'cause when the Gods of Thunder answer back
fall leaves swirl and swarm 'round our heads
yellow, brown, orange, and red
you were born to be brighter they said
you've been sworn to the visions in your head
you were born to be tighter they said
so you too can be flung into the air
flying 'round the world
blowing relief thru the hair
of those distraught and locked down
haunted by sweeter sounds than they've ever heard
trying to find release
but they can't find the words


cw@broadripplegazette.com
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