The Little Park in the Notebook

Hemmed in on all sides, unrepentant
to the choking layers of Smugness
in the Notebook suffused with thick black
ink, defiant
to the endless trails of obsidian
snaking through, paving
the Builder’s progress

sat a park.

Humble at sixty letters across, fourteen lines
from north to south, immaculate
with nary a smudge nor mote
of ambition.

Unclaimed by the Builder’s pen, a virgin land.
Who had been there? No one,
not even the VIPs of the Builder’s towers
nor the littlest fly
of imagination.

But at 16th Page, it was prime
property.

A day after Valentine’s, the Builder
came, set up a discreet motel, a late
investment called
The Little Park in the Notebook
and the erstwhile haven
vanished.

12:03 AM
February 15, 2007

*As featured in Moleskinerie.com.

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“The littlest fly of imagination” is cute. I never thought flies could be cute. Haha.

hm..and what does ‘cute’ exactly mean? :-S

Cute, as in that feeling of endearment towards things that are usually in their infancy and ~~therefore~~ helpless. The “little” in the title started it! But really, it does say something about the poem in general. That in its Smug story lies a Cute narration. >:P

you really have a way with words.

very ‘cute’. what inspiration could it be that made you write about The Little Park in the Notebook?

See, I told you it was cute. ^_^

thank you very much, tita bing. hmm, inspiration? i was actually all set to write on a new page of my moleskine about a different topic, but when i noticed the little blank spot, i realized it was a waste of good paper. the rest is cute history :P

ia, point taken, hehe ;)

i’m still wishing i had me a new moleskine. i’d probably just ogle the paper though. :) very awesome of you to be writing poetry, corsarius. i haven’t in a long, long time.

thanks, illyria. you’re an award winning poet, right? i think i picked up that factoid when i read one of your old posts (back in blogspot) ;) you know, your prose is sweet poetry already. i can just imagine how elegant your ‘true’ poetry would be.

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