It’s just easier sometimes
to say no hard feelings
than to point out the
disgusting oozing
To gesture wildly
at all the park benches we sat on,
the jovial conversations
the drunken escapades
(Oh, what was I thinking…)
the time, so hard won
for you to get,
so utterly wasted
The trust I was building
out of soluble materials
thoughts unspoken
feelings misspent
on some scapegoat or another
never the answer
and he never told me anything
In the sink, stupidly,
with thoughts so ridiculous,
so logicless such as
“so as not to make a mess!”
I built it
under a forever leaking faucet
sounding like a clock
tick tock
drip drop
Persistently becoming
the one thing you can rely on
I listen to my faucet clock
drip drop
tick tock
and this is how
I foster trust
I know it will never be fixed
so long as I’m in charge of it
It’s just easier sometimes
to say no hard feelings
than to cry out
“You’re a fraud!”
That way it’s all wrapped up
and I just think, anyways,
well, of course he was.
That was just as inevitable
as the next drip or tock
from my forever leaking
faucet clock
[Georgia Park is the creator of Private Bad Thoughts, curator of Whisper and the Roar a feminist literary collective, and a writer for Sudden Denouement. She is a wonderful poet with an enormous heart. We can’t imagine this journey without her. Please check out more of her wonderful work.]
I could read GP all day, every single day.
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“The trust I was building
out of soluble materials”
Damn Georgia! Feel the heart and soul in this. Can hear the lonely, sad drip of the faucet.
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Wonderful imagery!
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Poignant and personal, yet so relatable. Park is one of the bright stars in the universe.
You have such a unique voice GG. Thrilled that you are writing again. Strength and love to you, Ms. Magneto!
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brilliant as ever
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Georgia Park is very special to me and SD. She is a remarkable writer with a larger-than-life persona. This poem showcases her brilliance. I have spend a great deal of time reading George’s work and could spend hours talking about themes in her writing, but I will spare everyone. When we started and people would join SD usually one of the first questions they would ask me was about Georgia Park. I am eternally grateful to her. She has something very very special as a writer.
Jasper
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Wow! Georgia, I love this. ❤
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Wow Georgia! Such simple imagery and such a powerful tale.
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Like it.
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