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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050
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 The lamppost standing on the corner Flickers through its final thoughts It is laughing at the moonlight Leaving prospect in its plight A moth was locked within its orbit Bumping often on its face Now it flutters toward a lighthouse Making corkscrews out of fog The ghastly howl whirls past my neck Some ball of wind late, for a storm The glowing eyesight of a kitten Tossed like garbage from a car Starts to melt into the pavement Sanding gutters with its tongue Shadows coddling, with their voices Empty bottles hit the ground Lots of grownups playing adultery A man is slapping someone’s mom Something’s lurking in the alley It doesn’t even have a name Bratty skids from all the murderers Lined up neatly in a row And the guy with his home Made of metal and wheels Goes quietly down the road Looking for pieces of rubbish and hope That progress has left behind The man who is dead on the haystack of needles Was easy enough to find A flame is trying to claw at the night As it burns in a hollowed out drum Warming the hands of fingerless gloves A window, lowers its shades for the night And the stench and the rot Fight on for the lot Of spoilage and rusty belief A plot full of weeds with nothing, but needs On this mountain of broken bit dreams The one way street that ends, in dead On the corner of Promise and Land The single flower crawls through the crack As a bird sings soft to the sun |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
I like this alot. -Juju |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
and i like your comment a lot  |
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katahdin Senior Member
since 2010-07-01
Posts 1196ME. In the Shadow of the Mt. |
Richy, this is a dark one from you, poem and picture go perfect together. Nicely done! Meowwwww! Kat >^..^< |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Richy, this is very beautifully and compassionately and realistically portrayed – the kitten had me in tears, though I know this is fiction, but for many kittens and other animals without a loving, caring home, it is true, and my tears were for them as well. For me, the last 2 stanzas most certainly did their job, as I am sure they did for all your readers. Owl |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
the solitary flower the lone bird both soothe and disturb in the dark, yet enchanting write |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
Yes kitty kitty.. ive never really had anything dark to write about in my life, now i do.. and now i can relate with others who have as well.. its cathartic at the very least.. and you know ive written so much about love and romance, its about time i start writing about the rest of life as well.. oh yeah.. meoooowww back haha |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
thank you Diana, i'm always glad to read your perspective on things.. yes, there are so many things to write about to give them their voice.. animal cruelty yes, that hits me at the very core as well.. thanks for being one of the animal kingdom's angels |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
very interesting Emma about those two lines, soothing, and, disturbing.. maybe someday you'll share your insight with me on what that meant to you.. thank you my friend |
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