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Allysa
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In an upside-down garden

0 posted 2004-03-30 11:53 AM


Where are you tonight
why aren't you here
learning to live on popcorn
and sips of water
anxiety in the microwave
and a bath tub full of
drip drip drops of
cleanliness
I am cleansed with you
soaked in acid rain
limp, broken umbrella
and I'll twirl
I'm a dead star
lingering on, long after
my passing i will
haunt you, hold you
until I burn out, fade
and you
you will clutch my dust
in your fingers,
burrying it in your palms
bathing in it
and smothering
your loneliness with
the memory of all
that you used to have.
I am intangible,
any more, and you want
so much to feel
reach out and feel nothing
with my skin
I have evaporated
with the rain
and I have left you,
little worm, squirming
on the barely moist sidewalk
wriggling around,
searching for the damp touch of
my world.
I was dead when you met me
entranced by my glowing edges
shocked, surprised, appalled,
by my vacancy
my mental, physical vacancy
and the fact
that all I left you
was stardust.

© Copyright 2004 Allysa - All Rights Reserved
Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
1 posted 2004-03-30 12:09 PM


Allysa
Enjoyed the read.

Grover
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London, ON, Canada
2 posted 2004-03-30 01:20 PM


The best poem I've read lately... excellent, enjoyed!
GG
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Lost in thought
3 posted 2004-03-30 01:24 PM


Alot of pictures, thoughts, and feelings from this. Kind of an angry alone one... I like it alot.

Always, Alysssa

He was a man of sorrows
...I am a girl of tears.

[This message has been edited by GG (03-31-2004 12:44 AM).]

Allysa
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In an upside-down garden
4 posted 2004-03-31 11:47 AM


hey thanks everyone, but especially Grover.  You guys made my day.
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