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Dark Poetry #5

JenniferMaxwell

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since 2006-09-14

Posts 2423

0 posted 2009-01-02 07:10 AM

when they call
do they say
whether or not
they’ll give you time
to dress your children and wrap
grandmother
in a shawl before fleeing
into the frigid air of
their nightly gift
death and destruction

do they say there’s time
to gather the crumbs
from your meager existence
a bag of flour or rice
and all your hopes and dreams
that never existed

do they tell you where to go
to be safe to shelter
in your shoulder to shoulder world
where life is a common breath
and death the wall you lean on
when others begin to fall

before they disconnect
do they hear the whisper
“never forget"
words from their history book
reflected like rifles
shining behind
your children's innocent eyes

[This message has been edited by JenniferMaxwell (01-02-2009 12:56 PM).]

Def-init
Member

since 2008-12-03

Posts 186
Toronto, Canada

1 posted 2009-01-06 10:19 AM

"do they say there’s time
to gather the crumbs
from your meager existence
a bag of flour or rice
and all your hopes and dreams
that never existed"

woah... Very nice. The word play here is great.

Very nice read.

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