Two new poems from Simone. And a fragment.

(Simone continues to spontaneously create poems. Her features turn a bit strange when she’s doing it, as if she’s channeling the words. A new Yeats? We only have a fragment of the third, as she said this while riding on the bike with Beth. The first isn’t much to speak of, but the second? She’s on to something. Here and here are her earlier poems. One more thing: except for a few cartoons, she hasn’t seen any vampires, yet she seems oddly obsessed with them.)

1.

Vampires and ghosts were all over the world.

Nobody has seen them at all.

I have seen more people than vampires or ghosts.

But nobody has seen vampires and ghosts at all.

I think people would be frightened to see vampires.

2.

Kaboom.

Lightning and thunder came long, long ago.

Snakes came slithering.

It’s the king snake of the king.

tiny, tiny, tiny.

ting, ting, ting.

Bells are ringing in the church.

Sing, sing, sing of dead people coming out of the ground.

3.

Diamonds flickering

from the end of a cave

locked with silver and gold.

wild beasts . . .

Nobody has seen

that you are just made of dirt.

Interlude 4: Simone’s second poem

(Simone continues to dictate poems to Beth. She did one in the car today, titled “Quiet Streets in London.” “Quiet street is sad, but London is happy!” she said. And no, she’s never been to London. Or seen anything about it. Anyway, this is her second poem, dictated right after her first. Meanwhile, I’ve been limping through my writing life the last few days. I’ve finished a new section of Brotherhood of the Eye, gone through a second draft, and I suppose I should start a third revision of The Taunting Light, and I want to write some short stories—I have five or six killer ideas—but I can’t seem to harness the will. Enjoy.)

“A Winter Poem”

Trees were falling like leaves.

people were made of stone.

everyone was beautifully made of stars and pink feathers.

everyone had beautiful, nice mothers.

vampires set pink cakes and flowers on the table, set for dinner with eggs and cheese.

everyone was so glad to have a nice, warm, healthy dinner.

everyone was so glad to see the warm, nice sun.

spiders were beautiful trampolines.

peaople were really, really pink, and they had red foreheads.

and Rumblebuffins. giants.

clocks clarmed and ding-a-linged.

everyone had flowers with sparkles, diamond glitters.

everyone was so focussed on what they were making for dinner.

giants were wobbling around having delicious dinner and buying stuff at the food store.

people have beautiful lives in their hearts.