Open Poetry #14 |
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All That Watch |
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LenMcC1 Member
since 1999-11-09
Posts 68 |
All That Watch A beautiful girl Walks in to town Dress patterned of flowers Hair draping down She smiles at A girl from Cincinnati They hold hands to the alley They make love against the wall Capturing the minds and fantasies of all that watch A drunken man Falls down the stairs Bleeding from his head He’s unaware Pieces of glass stuck to his hand He lays down there on the sand A crowd gathers round and some folk help Others laugh and forget what they saw He opens his eyes and sees all that watch A magnificent cloud Floats overhead Forming different shapes In everyone’s eyes One of thousands of clouds In the sky Grown men with mustaches Stare so long The clouds put on a show for all that watch Schoolboy killer Who hasn’t killed yet Waiting for his life to be set Cries at the feet of his priest But Christ shows him no mercy Scared little child Too young to be mean Scared little child so small Scared little child who is never watched |
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azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert |
A chilling reminder that while we are so fascinated in watching things not pertainig to our lives too often we forget to pay attention to those closest to home. To me I read a warning to open and be aware before those eyes that stare at other anomolies gaze upon one of your own created from neglect ![]() Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Oh, my, I had no idea where you were going with this...it is superbly woven and timeless in its need to be said!!! What a clincher in the end! |
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Cerenity Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637Escondido-California |
Hi Len, Many thoughts convayed in this piece, all powerfully profound in thier ways of impact, wonderful work here, Love, Cerenity "God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist. |
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Tovi Member
since 2001-06-05
Posts 168 |
A powerful powerful ending. I applaud. So very much said. Not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. |
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