DOWN THE DRAIN

deuxiemepeau31/07/201926/07/2019Poetry#hurt, body, cleanse, Connection, dirt, flesh, memory, mind, skin, wash

My body

my body has a memory
my body has a memory of you
my body has a memory of your skin.

My body

my body remembers
my body remembers how it bent
my body remembers how it bent to your beckoning.

And yet

my mind
my mind has washed itself
my mind has washed itself of your name

like it was no more than scum
to be scrubbed.

All words and photographs by Damien B. Donnelly

This is a re-post

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11 thoughts on “DOWN THE DRAIN”

Florence Tuscano says:

31/07/2019 at 16:35

I likes it

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1. deuxiemepeau says:
  
  31/07/2019 at 19:36
  
  Thank you very much 😊
  
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Jane Dougherty says:

31/07/2019 at 21:55

This poem makes me want to take the poet in my arms and say, not scum, just forget and ride the surf beneath a rain-washed sky. Sounds pretentious, but you get the drift 🙂

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1. deuxiemepeau says:
  
  31/07/2019 at 22:16
  
  It sounds like comfort and truth and light and I love it 😍
  
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  1. Jane Dougherty says:
    
    31/07/2019 at 22:21
    
    I wish all problems were solved just by wishing 🙂
  2. deuxiemepeau says:
    
    31/07/2019 at 22:26
    
    Just as your message arrives, I open Instagram and see you name on the latest Scribebase post with not one, but two of your poems to be featured in their upcoming issue! Congratulations my dearest 💃🏻🤗👏👏👏
  3. Jane Dougherty says:
    
    31/07/2019 at 22:29
    
    Thank you for the news! I don’t have Instagram—hate fiddling with telephones 🙂
  4. deuxiemepeau says:
    
    31/07/2019 at 22:36
    
    I hope you were aware and I didn’t ruin the surprise! It’s marvelous xx
  5. Jane Dougherty says:
    
    31/07/2019 at 22:39
    
    I know I had two pieces accepted, but I wasn’t aware there was a sneak preview going on 🙂
Ms. Liz says:

01/08/2019 at 00:14

I love Jane to bits for her wise and beautiful response.

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1. deuxiemepeau says:
  
  01/08/2019 at 08:01
  
  Wisdom is in Jane’s bones and I’m grateful for it! And thankfully these poems are flashbacks from the past so, for myself, I can view them as Interesting flowers or weeds that once took their place in a bed in my garden but have seen been uprooted.
  
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