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Teen Poetry #6

Atavism

LTEvans
Member

since 2002-12-06

Posts 72
Lenham, England

0 posted 2002-12-09 10:14 PM

Atavism

Give me free speech,
Give me taxes to pay,
Take me at my word,
Turf me out when you can,
Easy enough to say,
But harder to pay.

Over inflate me,
And I will rise,
Puncture my pride,
Then throw me aside,
Man with a throne,
Like a dog and his bone,
A stitch in time,
Saves nine crowns.

Let the fabric slack,
Roll back,
Bounce up,
And slow down,
Shut up!
Enough punctuation for now.

This is time to drown,
Your cautionary tales,
In whatever you can,
To shut me up,
Because I talk too much.

It is nothing to do with me,
Shell I am and here I will be,
Swear I am me?
Diagnosis shall see,
Broken and backwards,
Fallen and lacklustre,
Catch my harness,
Before I let you down.

Spine Grinder
Senior Member

since 2000-10-28

Posts 1127
Standing In Silence...

1 posted 2002-12-11 06:37 PM

woah, I really liked this one. the rhyming was awesome, so was the imagery. good job.

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

2 posted 2002-12-14 12:15 PM

LTEvans~
This is quite a powerful piece.
I couldn't help but 'hear' the voice behind the words.
Very nicely done.
~Vicky
"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

CloudedDreams
Member

since 2002-11-23

Posts 210
My Fantasy Realm

3 posted 2002-12-14 01:16 PM

a very interesting and thoughful piece. It really leaves a mark on you

Yes there will be tommorrow, but will you be there to greet it?

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