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young_blood
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0 posted 2004-11-11 09:25 PM


This is part 1 of a 5 part poem. enjoy.

How Needy Have I Become? (I Dubbi di UN Uomo Superfluo) Pt. 1

…Enter Orator…

My Roman heart marches on,
A footfall with a thousand echoes,
Proud among the empty streets.
Gone are the thunder and lightning responses
Of a crowd raging right on cue.


“All Hail the Empress!” voices strain
as would the wind caught in a sky of sails.
I am an honored slave, sold for
love, merely waiting for a day of
defeat. However, I have learned to cheat fate.


A Monotonous voice rises to power…

“Welcome to the il fallimento del cuore, le fine de giorni.
This place is a slap on your sunburned cheek,
no place for the weak of tongue and spirit,
The Eretico will purify your intents and cares.
Now march on to tomorrow!”


End the monotony in my mind…

“Roll your eyes back into your thoughts and hide.”
Slowly, slowly now…
Lose grasp of tomorrow through my
melting fingers. Tar tingles on my nails
as I hammer away at reason.
But you are still my Glorious Sun and Cleansing Rain…


© Copyright 2004 Alex Lewis - All Rights Reserved
earthdust
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1 posted 2004-11-11 11:47 PM


Very nice. Somewhat like a first-person ballad. Kinda like watching an intro to a movie in the mind! Like "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" lol.

TY!


young_blood
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2 posted 2004-11-12 09:38 AM


thank you. i hope that you will read more when i write them.
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3 posted 2004-11-12 04:22 PM


Loved this! Can't wait to read the other parts!

~Alli~

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