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deadeyes
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0 posted 2002-09-09 08:26 PM


The appearance of dawn came to me
as I stared into the morning view.
There wasn't a single soul in sight
an occurence that doubted my mind.
The glass fields looked damp
windows were opaque
birds were rounding suburban streets
as cables were preparing for a busy day.

I felt the need to take a walk
i've been lounging all morning.
It was three in the afternoon
and I needed some time to reflect.
I couldn't recall the starry night
my vision would fade into numbness.
I studied at children playing in the playground
as their parents picked them up from funerals.

The appearance of dusk came to me
as I stared into the violet sky.
People were arriving to normalcy
as lights began to reincarnate.
I went to the store to get my supper
but some bizaree thought came into me.
All I remembered was that I entered a black eye
and couldn't blink my way out.

Unexpectedly I see people gather up
they were in grief and sorrow.
I shrieked for an explanation
but nobody retaliated.
I left my scene into the headlights
as I arrived into my shelter.
The clock read eleven pm
as I fell into the lost hours.

I woke up the next day
as I opened the door to pick up the paper.
The things I read were the usual subject matter
but one headline dired me.
I took a stroll on the park
as the masses passed next to me
and I comprehended my being
I was now a personage of memory.

"Silencio..no hay banda..no hay orquesta."
"We hear a band yet we don't see a band". It is all a recording."
"Silencio. It is all an illusion".

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Kevin
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1 posted 2002-09-09 09:11 PM


We'll deadeyes, thats a very depressing name by the way deadeyes, but like your poetry here is full of imagry.  Many times in this poem I got very specific feelings and images in my head.  Baring that in mind, I think if you work on your economy of language, and try to trim out alot of the fat in this...which at times reads kind of prosey/journaly, I think you will really have something special on your hands

take it easy
kev

deadeyes
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2 posted 2002-09-10 06:59 AM


Yeah you're right in the trimming out some lines..but I dunno I think my journaly type lines I wanted to make them on purpose..kinda change the style I usually do as well as many people..this person i'm talking about had a fascination with obsserving but couldn't study his own self and well the not so clear hidden meaning to it. Thanks for your criticism.

"Silencio..no hay banda..no hay orquesta."
"We hear a band yet we don't see a band". It is all a recording."
"Silencio. It is all an illusion".

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