Poems: Electricity 1

Electricity

faster than sound 
slung arrow of flame

You, you provide the current
you generate in me flow
the flutter I feel within
from the spin of my core
under the influence of your
magnet pushed invisibly
these particles stream, seek empty 
slots in me but they are many, 
rush headlong one to the next

your words, your inflections, your pauses
your surety, your doubt, your passion
all mean I can't stop 

sparks leap the gaps 
rush through gutters bend across frets
threats of soaring scorching blues
breaking across my synapses
You, you do it each time again

your cadence your rhymes your chuckle
your perceptions, your timing, your cries
ground me hard and fling me high 

stringing me up in this smoky sweaty
acrid acid perfect for these blues
plucking pulling and vibrating on release
projecting the notes you inspire through
the tingling tension in the ozone
chain lightning splitting the night, rattling
my cage, whitehot bolts seeking 
 the crux of it the feel of the unbroken circuit
the switch never thrown to off shuddering on ever
couldn't, wouldn't  stop
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