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roxane
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0 posted 1999-09-03 03:42 PM


any criticism would be welcome as i am new here and always open to it


say to me that the pleasures of youth pass away
surely i can't wait for them to
have you forgotten in all your nostalgia what they were?
were the pleasures the scars
diligently cut into soft skin
watch the white curves smile at me
and sometimes spit out red seeds
or wasn't antipathy some grace
at least a better name for hate
and what a pleasure to feel it so much
i was certainly enchanted by my torture
i knew what it was to suffer
i think i felt the pain even before the wound
yet you knew when i went to the hospital
that you couldn't be held responsible
thank you so much for my shambles
pleasures of youth disperse now please
for you celebrity is spurious
leave me with my thread bare soul
i'll cradle it in my arms like a pretty child
and have it at least mean something
pleasures of youth your trials are cruel
and i capitulate to you
if it's expiation of some form
then i know that it's true
"youth is wasted on the young"



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Wolfgang
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since 1999-05-24
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1 posted 1999-09-04 09:26 PM


Commas and punctuation marks is about the only thing that (perhaps) needs some attention here.
As far as your writing is concerned, I think it is absoloutely a great piece.

(Did you leave them out on purpose?)

roxane
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2 posted 1999-09-05 01:04 AM


thank you thank you thank you for your insight and time. I would have to say that the main reason that i don't use many punctuation marks is either the fact that i have a general disregard for my poems and the fact that when I am writing, my thoughts seem to go too fast to be mechanically sound in my punctuation so I do apologize. I really do appreaciate your comments. After the sort of week that I had, it pleases me so much to hear something good about my writing. Thank you.

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roxane "come night come darkness for you cannot come too soon or stay too long in such a place as this" dickens

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