redlight at mayfield and collins [from open poetry 24]

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redlight at mayfield and collins [from open poetry 24]

christian
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since 2002-12-18

Posts 331

0 posted 2003-01-06 04:05 AM

red light at mayfield and collins
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noisy windchimes sang lead to fading decembers
and i saw you on second floor alcoves
like some rapunzel in silhouette ..

couldn't find any sidewalk pebbles, so
i ravaged wishing-well dreams
by flinging pocket coins at your window

and wasted around 46 cents .. trying to get your attention.

that nite, we were

bootlegged virtuosos--who defied meteorologists
staging broadway on top of old 1978 camaros,
drowned shakespeare with our
unpoetic-contempo dialogues
of superstitions
supernatural
of things irrational, like
alanis morrisette and vanilla coke

on the way home--you asked
for my hoodie, and
halfway there ..
you fell asleep to the red hot chili peppers.

i didn't notice ..

but come red light at mayfield and collins avenue,
my existence turned clandestine
as i caught you sleeping, there--shotgun dreamscape aphrodite ..

.. and you won me over.

underneath a darkcoffee sky
where you stranded me--with nothing left to do, but breathe

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and i dont want the world to see me
because i don't think that theyd
understand,
when everythings meant to be broken
i just want you to know i am

[goo goo dolls]
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[This message has been edited by christian (01-06-2003 04:08 AM).]

christian
Member

since 2002-12-18

Posts 331

1 posted 2003-01-06 04:11 AM

i never really took the time to look around
on here--i just not figured out that PiP
has a teen forum in it. and, i figured this
poem would suit more comfortably here
than in open poetry considering the fact
that i still am a teenager and the poem
is about teenage experiences. sorry for
the, inconvenience?

thanks y'all.
-chris.

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