JANELLE FINAMORE

June 2008

Janelle Finamore is a poet, songwriter and fiction writer. Her poems cover topics ranging from opening up space shops to -- per her book's title -- the "Power of Silly Putty." Her poetry is heavily influenced by Beat poets like Allen Ginsberg and also by Leonard Cohen. She loves to sing and play piano and has a book of fairy tales reminiscent of the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen. Her passion is to entertain people and open their minds to new possibilities.

SPACE SHOP

I want to sell space dust
And cosmic glue
And open up a space shop
I want to find bits of galaxies
And put them in crystal balls
Where we can view future civilizations

I want to sell Time perfume in little bottle
And asteroid lamps
I want to sell universe models that expand and
collapse.

I will make the antithesis of Gravity -- anti gravity.
People can use it to float to the clouds when they
fall.

I want to sell Hours to add on to the day for people
who are too busy.

I want you to co-own the shop with me
Because all of this silly space stuff doesn’t really
matter.
If you say yes, we can even sell anti-matter.
But if you say no,
Then I just want to be with you
And we can go back to your idea
Of co-owning a skateboard shop instead.

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POEM

A little aluminum bird glaringly ugly
Wheezes at the sight of an angel in the blueness

In the deeps there is air
In the deeps there is iridescent darknesses beyond
Tired
Clouds of red eyes
Swinging in slime

Cauldrons of things
In Chinese water
Cats and elephant balls
Silent
Becoming hideous

Come down
Into the pure distance, then
Come up
Into the sky
Be part of the air
Be part of the soot
And the sunset
Be part of the highest treetops
Be covered with fortitude