Scriptorium

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Dave Bonta

Megan Fox tattoo

Out there, where the cold
gives your lungs a taste of sky,
a whole canon might be had
for a fraction of the cost
of these gothic letters
on a desert-pale parchment.
Life sentences.
Stones burning holes
up through the snow.

About Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta (bio) crowd-sources his problems by following his gut, which he shares with one quadrillion of his closest microbial friends --- a tight-knit, symbiotic community comprising some 500 different species of bacteria, fungi, and protozoa.
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4 Responses to Scriptorium

  1. David Harmon says:
    December 9, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    I see you’ve been thinking about those inscribed poems….

  2. Dave says:
    December 9, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    And monks/hermits, yes.

  3. Michelle says:
    December 12, 2008 at 3:31 am

    I love this, Dave. Thank you.

  4. Dave says:
    December 12, 2008 at 1:37 pm

    Thanks for the comment. I’m glad to hear that it worked for you.