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rain 2/14 |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855
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Sparks, crystal flares, wet blossoms unfolding and broken-smeared in mud, on earth, the ground heaving itself toward the sun to be warmed and yet nothing happens. nothing happens. no i don't know, she said. oh, i don't know, she said. oh i don't know if we should do that, she said, oh, i don't know if we should do that when i don't want to, she said, oh, i don't, oh, i. i. eye, o. mouth surprised? eyes unclosed? are they open then? the fence is banging against itself again. the wind is causing the puddles to drift again. the earth is causing california to move again. the sun is causing haze in the rearview again. the cardboard cup on my desk holds something to drink again. the cardboard box on the street holds someone in ruin again. the fence is hitting against itself again, in my rain-spotted rearview. Sparks, crystal flares. Unopened flasks and dares. Scares and scrapes and scars. Flipped-over cars on the side of the road again. people driving too fast to die again. people driving on the wrong side of the street again. people with signs saying roadside assistance needed again. people and the ruined rain again. so where is the end? where is the unopened end, friend? when will you comprehend the end is beginning's stumble to mend, friend? when will you send her the message you only want to be friends. again? man in the rain laughing at the sky and the wet, soaked, wet soaked soaking wet wetness he's soaked through with. and he says, and he says to the sky, and to himself, and mostly to no one: "normalcy is just craziness with its tie straightened." in the naked rain's sheen, he wishes he were in a field of soap, so he could wash himself clean. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
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the tedium of daily, eh? Yes, it's me...still here and woefully negligent of everyone and somehow feeling entitled today. "normalcy is just craziness with its tie straightened." gotta love that...gonna repeat it too.  see? I'm learning how to smile! happy valentine's day sweetheart. |
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