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I do not need to strip

Posted by littleditty on November 27, 2007 - 23:44
from the ABC set whimsy

I do not need to strip
the layers of your disguise
to know what lies underneath
oil, metal, a beeswax varnish -
the pine dissolved a path
for you to steam through
and limonened, I read
the grain of porous skin beneath;
it breathes the same breath,
the same story, one more year
in a ring of time - uninterrupted
growth, in wrinkles and saltlines.
An alkaline truth takes away an acid
tongue, when by love we are undone.

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tcook | November 28, 2007 - 17:14

limonened? It's a new word on me. Meaning?

littleditty | November 29, 2007 - 19:21

ahem...limonene + bit of cheek = cleaned/stripped - it is like turps...solvent - from lemon - often used for furniture restoring, and as orange/citrus scent/perfume for cleaning products etc. So an acidic reference but i ´m chemically ignorant to continue to try and make any further sense, and shall leave the rest up to answers.com :o)

http://www.answers.com/limonene

Ewan | December 9, 2007 - 09:03

I love it when words are used in this way: it makes people think (well me anyway), brilliant.