Private Yoga Instructor Santa Monica & Los Angeles Westside private yoga classes in-home or on-location Jennifer Pastiloff Contact Jennifer (310-926-0172) Yoga at home - comfort and convenience! |
The Collected Works of Jennifer Pastiloff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Deaf Poet The thick jelly roll of noise Filled with soft syllables and unspoken words Is all around you if you just Open the ear in your heart And tune the fork Which vibrates in you Always And which knows when something is said even if it isn’t. I am the deaf poet. I hear you Clamoring up there in your head Fighting with your own thoughts who Use swords and knives And vicious words to win. Relying on trickery. Some things will break. And there will always be a hole Where the sound of wind passing through Will be a loud lonely sound that I alone can hear. You must fill that hole with memories, with pets, And songs your father sang you, people you love, Your children, favorite songs, your first kiss, pizza. You must fill it and seal it With wet sand, bricks, mortar. And then hang a sign that says “No Vacancy”. You’re full up. I am the deaf poet. I put my hands around the invisible. I rely on the train of sound, it’s texture dense, mud-like heavy. Your heart has an ear But my ear has a heart. J pastiloff 2-22-09 |
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