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Open Poetry #43

THE END OF THE BEGINNING

shirtless
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since 2006-04-29

Posts 359

0 posted 2008-07-24 11:47 AM

THE END OF THE BEGINNING

I am bringing
everything
into this room,

so I must
move
the piano
closer
to the wall

my head
is out
the window;
I am calling
“Stevie Hawkins”
I am calling
“J. J. Christ”
I am calling
“Charlie Atlas”

but none of them
is answering;
I think
they’re trapped
in their
childish
futile
game –
counting to one hundred
as if
it were infinity

but I will
not wait
that long:
I am closing
the window,
I am drawing
the drapes,
I am moving
the piano.

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Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2008-07-26 10:29 PM

I don't really follow your thoughts in this one, Anthony, but want you to know I read it, and am pondering it.

shirtless
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since 2006-04-29

Posts 359

2 posted 2008-07-27 05:27 PM

HI Midnightsun,
Thanks for reading my poem, THE END OF THE BEGINNING. Perhaps it is a bit obscure, so here is what I meant. When I have something to do, like moving a piano, or just dealing with my life, I cannot rely on others. I can't rely on science (Stevie Hawkins), I can't rely on religion (J.J. Christ), and I can't rely on musclemen (Charlie Atlas). I have tried to make the names of these icons sound childlike, not to demean them, but to show my immaturity in relying on the strength of others. In the end, I must move the piano.
Regards,
shirtless

poetry podcasts, blogs and photopoems at URL= http://anthonyarmstrong.ca

[This message has been edited by shirtless (07-28-2008 10:25 PM).]

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

3 posted 2008-07-27 08:48 PM

Thanks for the clarification. In the end, I think we all have to just 'do it' ourselves with everything in life.

apes531
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since 2008-07-23

Posts 35

4 posted 2008-07-27 09:31 PM

hmm different way to write i guess.. good poem

(comment and read my poems im new here)

kaile

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since 2000-02-06

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singapore

5 posted 2008-07-28 12:33 PM

it's sure different. unique, that's what i call this

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