The Roof of My Mouth

By Muel Thomas

A chapbook of semi-straightforward prose poetry. Beginner readers of poetry (like me) may find this work more accessible than others. My only goals are to express myself and include others in the process.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Muel Thomas
• Release date: Jun 19, 2016
• ISBN: 9781533782793

Muel Thomas

Young man living in the midwest. When on a dry spell from writing which is almost always, I am slowly balding while working toward a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Book preview

In the tub

I remember pushing on your bellybutton

until mom told us to cut it out

You are now a lotus on amorphous ice,

balanced between the river and the air, sailing,

to playful places

I won’t ever know

or refuse to recall.

Things of that nature

Standing

on a

cinnamon dusted cliff,

toes

curling over the edge,

(not quite remembering how I got there),

I looked up

into the orange haze

and knew that I could fly.

So I unzipped my backpack,

removed a hacksaw,

and cut off my feet

(I didn’t think I’d need them anymore).

I cut through stringy tendons

bone like granite

the whole while noting how effortlessly my blood

soaked in with the dry dirt.

After this I didn’t feel much

like flying anymore.

I decided to return home.

Crawling down from the cliff,

back toward the city, I thought

about swimming pools and tax forms,

shaving cream and wine tasting.

I decided then

that I had to remember everything I had ever learned

so that I knew exactly what to forget.

I went through the task of carefully removing

each piece of knowledge

that