Gregory Braquet


Proximity

The three Basic rules of proximity are: Location. Location. Location.

Never underestimate proximity. It is the difference between staring directly at the sun,



and gazing at a star — The difference between being left blind and being left breathless.





Proximity can blur the world and breed contempt. Proximity can also be a blooming






epiphany, like getting to know identical twins and watching their differences emerge.









Far-proximity is the oxymoron’s shout of, “Close but yet so far.”














Close-proximity is merely death dying to death.

Remnant of a Newton Helmut Echo

a nude without a face fills with Jane Doe’s dime-a-dozen blood

a nude without a face is the languid carcass of the mannequin

a nude without a face is a wall flower in an open air arena

a nude without a face replaces the dare with shadows

a nude without a face, is a blank check that bounces

a nude without a face is cloaked, yet dagger-less

a nude without a face stays cowardly in bounds

a nude without a face, the plinth below the art

a nude without a face bores into hollow bone

a nude without a face is timeless as oblivion

a nude without a face is a morgue dweller

a nude without a face is worth forgetting

a nude without a face is a barren totem

a nude without a face can save no one

a nude without a face negotiates zero

a nude without a face, a cheap trick

a nude without a face is a still life

a nude without a face ends oddly



Greg Braquet’s poetry has appeared in such publications as The North American Review, The New Laurel Review, THEMA, Poems Niederngasse, The 2006 Rhysling Anthology, 2007 Mannequin Envy Anthology, Red River Review, The Pedestal Magazine, The Exquisite Corpse, Slow Trains, Pierian Springs, Tryst, Side Reality, The Adagio Verse Quarterly, The Little Green Tricycle, The Junket, L'Intrigue, Branches Quarterly, Stylus Poetry Journal, Subtle Tea, Zygote In My Coffee and The Melic Review. He placed second in the 2006 Rock River Times Poetry Contest and also placed third in the 2005 Eugene Walter Writers Festival. He was a recipient of the Delirium Journal’s 2003 Choice Award…Big Fucking Deal.

 
 
 
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