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I Lay My Pen at Your Feet
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855
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I lay my pen at your feet. Do with it what you will. I pray to paper gods. They are not neatly folded. Neither is my laundry. Pockets hot with quarters. I lay my pen at your feet. You can bleed the fine point to create dreamed-of landscapes, or at least a necklace. Necklace of Pen Parts, princess. Guaranteed good fun. I lay my pen at your feet. Hold the inkstick still and straight -- jerk the paper underneath. Exercise the crinkled tear, words to blot the table's skin. Pass me a ciggy, or the time. I lay my pen at your feet. Make out the To: to me. Any amount you feel would help. For: the hell of it. Sign it there at the bottom. I'm not asking for a star. Just another lightbulb. So I can revise the surface, always waiting for me to explore it with loping scrawl -- slow words fall, inching toward a variant texture. I lay my pen at your feet. All I do is all I do. A sad and insular state of affairs. The figures you leave bring men to tears -- your hand knows where and when to sign. It could really help my career, my dear. And so I lay my pen at your feet. |
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Tiersdin Member Elite
since 2000-11-17
Posts 2364east coast |
There are many ways this poem can be interpreted, Mikey. But whatever treasures the reader finds, it's always goooood! *hugs* ~Tier |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Spectacular!! The title drew me in and the poem didn't let me down! I love the way you write. |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Hey dude, Won't that just get you a broken pen?  If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Thanks. This is just me, staring down the fact that, yet again, I have less than $40 in my account until the 15th. Rather than take a clear-eyed, sober look at how to change this situation -- which would make for a boring poem -- I entertained the idea of finding a mistress who could keep food on my table while I wiled away the days. It's not a pretty picture. But it makes for a fun pome. |
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Marshalzu
since 2001-02-15
Posts 2681Lurking |
Great writing, I really enjoyed the read  Andy |
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brian sites Senior Member
since 2002-06-25
Posts 1475usa |
Hold the inkstick still and straight -- jerk the paper underneath. hey..that's the way I write! I like it when the dark desperation holds the pen |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
I was thinking more along the lines that money was a "she" . . . kind of like how you say, "ladyluck" either way - the stanza about to and from is amazing . . . xxoo |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Thanks. |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
Wow dude! I fantasize about this too. Awesome! Haha, I loved the poem, it was a neat image. Especially liked how you asked for a new lightbulb, kind of demonstrates how low-maintenance you are. All you need is to be able to just sit in a room and scribble on papers while pizzas are slid under the door for you. Kinda reminds me of how I lived when I was in middle school? Haha... Yeah, lovely writing... hermetic fantasy is great... Parasite Faith is a fine invention |
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