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Open Poetry #40

Penny Man

Tomer
Senior Member

since 2002-06-28

Posts 1168
Michigan

0 posted 2007-07-09 09:45 PM

There’s a point
When I turn
Into myself,
It’s never special,
It’s where the
Porch slants low,

As if the more I stand,
I become a foreigner,
With hair so blonde,
I rise among yellow,
When drums of black
Ricochet off of
The statues sewn
Throughout the land I limp on.

My mistake is
I’m a boy
Wearing pants
That should fit
The corners of
A mans steel hips.

Instead, I linger,
My eyes and ears
Wander with tunnels
That mate as cars
Change gears
To the fuel that dries
Quicker than the feet of my soul.

The penny always dashes,
Quicker than my eyes can think.

Drauntz
Member Elite

since 2007-03-16

Posts 2905
Los Angeles California

1 posted 2007-07-10 12:33 PM

beautiful.

enjoyed

Nightingale
Junior Member

since 2007-06-21

Posts 31
Depths of The Unkown, UK

2 posted 2007-07-10 01:18 AM

A penny for your thoughts!

Tomer
Senior Member

since 2002-06-28

Posts 1168
Michigan

3 posted 2007-07-10 01:02 PM

Thank you for the responses..

Klassy Lassy
Member Elite

since 2005-06-28

Posts 2187
Oregon

4 posted 2007-07-11 12:02 PM

This poem brought me back to read it several times. A penny is a pittance, but I see a treasure here. Awesome!

Klassy

Tomer
Senior Member

since 2002-06-28

Posts 1168
Michigan

5 posted 2007-07-11 06:20 AM

Thanks Klassy...happy you enjoyed.

aziza
Member Elite

since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

6 posted 2007-07-11 07:09 PM

Wonderful writing and I particularly like these lines -

My mistake is
I’m a boy
Wearing pants
That should fit
The corners of
A mans steel hips.

Alison

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