Yellowed Jar
Marcus Closen is a poet from Winnipeg (in Canada) where he studies English literature and film studies at the University of Manitoba. Follow him on twitter @marcusmicropoem.
Yellowed Jar
By Marcus Closen
You showed me a shelf of wonders
in your study.
Jars you had cleaned and
filled with interesting things
a pig kidney
a sparrow brain
I laughed—what else can one do
in the face of an eerie collection—
but you, I liked.
My heart rests now on that shelf.
You took it from me
and placed it in a jar
glass tinted yellow
like the goldenrod that suffocated me
the day you stole my heart.
You showed me a shelf of wonders
in your study.
Jars you had cleaned and
filled with interesting things
a pig kidney
a sparrow brain
I laughed—what else can one do
in the face of an eerie collection—
but you, I liked.
My heart rests now on that shelf.
You took it from me
and placed it in a jar
glass tinted yellow
like the goldenrod that suffocated me
the day you stole my heart.
Posted by Annmarie at 1/20/2012 11:33 PM 
Categories: today's words
Tags: Marcus Closen jar heart love
Categories: today's words
Tags: Marcus Closen jar heart love
Well done! So much in so few words. Thank you for sharing this poem.
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Sad but lovely.
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