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Allysa
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In an upside-down garden

0 posted 2003-07-10 07:20 PM


Behind the vaccum cleaner that never worked
is a telephone with missing numbers
and a junked up fish tank with half the rocks
by a frying pan without the handle.

And the records on the table next to it
all play the same boring Christmas Songs
trying to remind people of happy times
when everything never went wrong.

Next to the lime green wallpaper
is a pink stove and a purple chair
a broken whatchamacallit
and a cherry red Santa Claus statue
that stares at you from across the room
paralyzing you with its stare.

In the middle of it all,
on a broken wooden table
sits a clump of red I call my heart
with a price tag of fifty cents.

Do you think I'm charging too much?


I got bored so I made this up... it's not my best piece, but with a little revision.... who knows.

"Tourists are terrorists with cameras. Terrorists are tourists with guns."~Anon.

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SimpleDiscourse
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1 posted 2003-07-10 08:39 PM


I liked it. The ending was good, it gave a nice little spin on something otherwise simple. Nice job.
*Belabebeautiful*
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2 posted 2003-07-10 10:28 PM


Yes!! Loved this! the end just completely threw me for a loop! I so wasn't expecting that I was thinking oh it's just about some long ago memories or something silly like that and then wham!! I love it!! Two points, good job, bravo ect...!:smiles:
~Live and Laugh~


The problem with resisting temptation is you never know if you'll get the chance again
~Bella~


[This message has been edited by *Belabebeautiful* (07-10-2003 10:29 PM).]

Skyfire
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3 posted 2003-07-12 02:50 AM


Wow. Allysa... wow.

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4 posted 2003-07-12 10:03 AM


Very nice.
Alnilam
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5 posted 2003-07-12 09:52 PM


i agree with the ...WOW!...great job. i loved it and the wonderful twist of an ending.

~*Alnilam*~
"The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood."

Lexy
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6 posted 2003-07-12 10:31 PM


woah...way to get bored. It sure did bring you a great poem. I loved this..very unique.
~Lex

Allysa
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In an upside-down garden
7 posted 2003-07-13 10:03 PM


Uhhh.. thanks.
BabieDoll
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8 posted 2003-07-14 10:07 AM


I really liked this poem a lot. You're imagery was awesome. I could envision this whole picture perfectly. Great job!

~J.Lynn

"In life you must dance like no one is watching, sing like no one is listening and love like it's never going to hurt..."

sixington
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9 posted 2003-07-14 01:30 PM


Nicely done. its honest.
collarbone_girl
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10 posted 2003-07-15 08:20 AM


it was good, if not somewat contrived. i think the little rhymey bits spoiled it, but all round, well done!
Jeremiah Johnson
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11 posted 2003-07-15 12:29 PM


a very good write about something so simple. you seem to have a talent for taking things most people don't look at and turning them into great pieces of work.

I'm a dying romantic and when i can no longer write i can no longer live -Jeremiah Johnson-


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12 posted 2003-07-15 12:46 PM


It was very cool until the very, very, very lame ending.

Geez...

Allysa
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In an upside-down garden
13 posted 2003-07-15 01:28 PM


Gee, thanks brian, I think I am going to go cry now... *sobs*

*sniffles* "you hurt my feelings, I'm going to tell my mommy on you" *runs away* lol.

Anyway, I hate this... it is time for some desperate rewriting because this makes me want to gag.

Cinderelly
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14 posted 2003-07-16 01:34 AM


I loved this! It's was a cool poem with a great twist @ the end . . . Good job!
dertah
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15 posted 2003-07-17 12:42 PM


excellent creativity here, very nice work.
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