The Big Myth

Copyright © 1996 by Lisa C. Heyden

I began writing these poems at a time when I was very much influenced by Native American stories with their trickster characters, dreamlike situations, and mythology. I wanted to tie the dream imagery with the rhythmic and repetitive aspects of those stories.


Grey Woman

big hands big fingers glide
over small soft grey breasts
over small soft grey buttocks
over small soft grey belly
between small soft grey thighs

big hands big fingers mold
firm, plump, chunk, trim

big hands big fingers splash
make beads on grey skin

big hands big fingers make
small grey woman grow
make small grey breasts grow
make small grey buttocks grow
make small grey belly grow
make small grey thighs
open wide

big hands big fingers make
grey woman grow
make large grey breasts
make large grey buttocks
make large grey belly
make large grey thighs
open wide

make large grey lips
make large grey eyes

make large grey woman
come alive
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Blue Eye

blue eye looks here
sees light
sees dark
sees shapes
sees hues

inside blue eye swims
small woman
outside blue eye looms
white weather

white weather looms
outside blue eye
inside blue eye
small woman swims
blue eye is dry
blue eye never cries

blue eye sees woman
swimming inside
longs to possess her
but to get her
blue eye must cry

blue eye must cry
small woman out

blue eye sees small woman's body
sees breasts and thighs
sees pink flower
blue eye wants small woman's flower
blue eye must cry

blue eye hides
blue eye stays dry
blue eye will never cry

small woman swims forever
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Blue Time

blue months blue wheel spins
waits for no one
blue months blue wheel runs
over pale blue soul
blue months pass
blue eye by
blue eye who will never cry

blue months blue wheel keeps
cage around blue eye
blue months blue wheel acts
on pale blue soul
blue months pass
blue eye grows old
blue eye who will never cry

blue wheel spins
until blue eye dies
 
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Further Adventures of Blue Eye

in the blue water
blue eye, still dry
meets blue shark
nurse shark

blue eye will not cry
blue shark cannot cry
blue shark, blue eye loves
blue shark, nurse shark
takes a bite
blue eye tastes good

blue eye won't cry
blue shark can eat blue eye
blue eye won't make a sound
blue eye won't cry

prey too easy
blue shark leery

blue shark, blue eye loves
swims away

blue eye still won't cry

in the blue sky
blue eye, still dry
meets blue bird
song bird

blue eye will not cry
blue bird can fly
blue bird loves blue eye
blue eye has learned
traps blue bird
blue bird can't fly

blue bird cries
blue bird song
blue eye doesn't cry
blue bird is weak and dies

love too easy
blue eye leery

blue bird loves blue eye
bird dies

blue eye still won't cry
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