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The Key to the Rabbit Hole
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 11:08PM Sunday Scribblings: Night
I wrote this piece about Night for Sunday Scribblings this past weekend and I thought it went too well with the words that Bone picked, so I fused the two together - hope no one is disappointed!
Through the frayed edge of her petticoats comes the gleaming orange of twilight.
She wrestles with sleeplessness solving puzzles in her minds eye, causing dew to tear up in droplets on her flesh.
One pill makes her larger and one pill makes her smaller, but they all unlock the rabbit hole.
What is night but the key to the door that holds back the torrent of unleashed possibilities...
Night is the rehabilitator, the ancient bearded page-turner...the fanciful carnival lady who peddles change in a bottle...
Night is the uninhibitor...
The unabashed beast rocking the gates of his cage as the bars give way...
Night is the Queen that yells "OFF WITH HER HEAD!!!" as the deck of cards fall where they will with a dizzy flip of heads and tails.
The cooing of a one legged bird and the cricket's song...the mad woman in the attic.
Each and every exhale she falls deeper down the hole. The hours are dressed in winds howling blows...
Candle light flickers, fears rise and fall and an indescribable release takes hold.
The ground is a trampoline of bleeding colors.
Once and for all she lands in place.
What is night but the key to the rabbit hole, what is day but the lock.
http://sundayscribblings.blogspot.com/ Amarettogirl
Reader Comments (16)
Wonderfully done! I re-read this!
nocturnal
This was a vivid and excellent poem of night. Loved that last line! Great job!
Now that was brilliant! You got it so right.
Stunning...your descriptions are so vivid. Wow.
Wow! No wonder I have so much trouble going to sleep at night...
That was great. Something a little 'Alice in Wonderland' about it!!
Oooh, this is viciously good! The photo sets the scene perfectly. And the ending is so solemnly good!
"The unabashed beast rocking the gates of his cage as the bars give way..."
Love this Amaretto! Great expression of night, and I love the photo too! xo
wonderful insightful thoughts on what night is!
The way you got at the fear and mystery of the altered dreamtime landscape is exciting and wonderful. Beautiful artwork, too.
"The ground is a trampoline of bleeding colors" - what a wonderfully endearing and, if somewhat, tragic line.
Beautiful and touching prose.
beautiful, visceral piece of gathered words...you are a magician with empowering words with flavor, color, textures....keep playing! Oh and if my comment doesn't make sense,...go ask Alice!
Alice underground ofttimes feels above ground or sideways--great play on something so familiar
What a fantastic jelling of fantasy and reality! Exciting images!
Very interesting. And the picture is crazy.
i was waiting for an alice and wonderland post. this is amazing and i love the line
"Night is the uninhibitor...
The unabashed beast rocking the gates of his cage as the bars give way..."
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