ARIEL CLARK-SEMYCK
Image by Leah Sophia Dworkin
T e e ming
in your lap
the working
want
I find
that knowledge
is never
happy
I
can
be
king
in your lap
ho-ho-ho
a scholar
bothered
ooh quick gimme gimme
hell is
I must admit
going great
when I'm king
I want
but I don't
my cup she overfloweth
and groaneth
give me
the longest
half an hour
the sense of adventure
in
fright
all my
waiting
waiting
waiting
means
tender
dreams
covered in rubble
I've been here all day
in
a photograph
that
you
pocket
remember ?
waiting
waiting
waiting
means
tender
dreams
covered in rubble
I've been here all day
in
a photograph
that
you
remember ?
the
smell of survival
you learn to ride
the enemy
they stink
of cologne
and silver
I love
just one thing
big and pink
his
American
striking violence
a bullet
smell of survival
you learn to ride
the enemy
they stink
of cologne
and silver
I love
just one thing
big and pink
his
American
striking violence
a bullet
out in
heaven
we're only bluffing
he's
an excuse
of a god shining
of mud
suspended in
something to distract. . .
a dream. . .maybe. . .
of mud
heaven
we're only bluffing
he's
an excuse
of a god shining
of mud
suspended in
something to distract. . .
a dream. . .maybe. . .
of mud
am I
a Pandora
girl in the mirror
of mud
crying
can I
wash up
now
a Pandora
girl in the mirror
of mud
crying
can I
wash up
now
I keep
my
decay
in
a little
cage
watch it
learn how
to
open
in us
my
decay
in
a little
cage
watch it
learn how
to
open
in us
*Note: The source texts for these poems are lyrics from The Dreaming by Kate Bush ("Sat in Your Lap," "There Goes a Tenner," "Pull Out the Pin," "Suspended in Gaffa," and "Leave It Open").
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ARIEL CLARK-SEMYCK is a graduate from the University of Notre Dame. She lives in Chicago where she serves as a part-time henchwoman for various places of business. Her poems have been published in Witch Craft Magazine, Yes Poetry, Dream Pop Journal, Occulum, Rag Queen Periodical, and elsewhere. You can find her making rude little Real Housewives memes on Instagram @mousecadet.
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ARIEL CLARK-SEMYCK is a graduate from the University of Notre Dame. She lives in Chicago where she serves as a part-time henchwoman for various places of business. Her poems have been published in Witch Craft Magazine, Yes Poetry, Dream Pop Journal, Occulum, Rag Queen Periodical, and elsewhere. You can find her making rude little Real Housewives memes on Instagram @mousecadet.