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Man With A Revolver
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since 2000-10-04
Posts 7
Netherlands

0 posted 2000-10-05 12:48 PM


Hi, as the new kid here, this is my first topic here. I'm open for any criticism, on style, structure, content etc, I want to know what you all think.

silence
created:aug 2000

One minute of silence
for every death.
A memory to violence,
to waste and regret.

One minute of silence,
for every drop
that was spilled with the rain.
Why won't it stop?!

One minute of silence,
for ev'ry last breath.
Emotionless violence,
until all beasts.. are dead.

Moments of silence,
for the birds in the air,
for the fish in the water,
for the creatures so fair.

One minute of silence,
one for each loss.
Decades of silence.
Forever it's lost.

Decades of mourning,
for the animals I love.
Deathly.. Silent..
in the desert down below,
in the skies up above.



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Brad
Member Ascendant
since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705
Jejudo, South Korea
1 posted 2000-10-05 11:51 PM


I like the use of repetition here but think you should expand on the causality of actually giving 'a minute of silence' to things that die.

What would happen?

A lot to play with here; start playing.

Just an opinion,
Brad



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