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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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I might skip one in ten But I never get passed Three worn pages Of Plath Before I’m down on my knees Sticking my head in the computer The keyboard’s a graveyard Each letter a tombstone And I push them to flush out The demons within Cobain, you’re in utero Through the tubes in my radio Disconnected Disaffected Confession recital Dress- Up rehearsal For a play that may Or may not go on Cobain and Plath Sitting in a bath Washing their cuts down the drain With the radio crackling The skin simmering soup Now we’re all on the same page again. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Suicide is painless...that's what the song lyrics said. But I just think it's brainless. I can't see those two sitting in the same tub though. Interesting write, Walt. |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
hehe yuh it's the narrator in the bath reading plath and listening to cobain [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (12-01-2002 11:11 PM).] |
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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again |
"The keyboard’s a graveyard Each letter a tombstone And I push them to flush out The demons within" talk about confessional poetry... it's always a pleasure to see your creativity abound in the forums, walt. an evening with plath and cobain... sounds like a vh1-Storyteller-kind-of-gig  it's our struggle for identity that leaves us all unknown |
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coyote Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 1077 |
Hey Walt, Very well done. These images are poetry in its purest essence. coyote  "The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none." |
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bbent Senior Member
since 2001-01-07
Posts 521Alaska |
Havn't a clue about plath,can't help but know of kurt's hurts...makes me glad I'm a shower fan and not baths. Live like it's your last day... |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
ok i am gonna give it a try to explain all I put in this poem I might skip one in ten *from "Lady Lazarus" by Plath - I added the word "might" But I never get passed Three worn pages Of Plath Before I’m down on my knees Sticking my head in the computer *she commited suicide by sticking her head in an oven The keyboard’s a graveyard Each letter a tombstone And I push them to flush out The demons within * I am writing poetry on my computer Cobain, you’re in utero Through the tubes in my radio *Nirvana's album "In Utero" Disconnected Disaffected Confession recital *Plath wrote confessional poetry Dress- Up rehearsal For a play that may Or may not go on * Life may or may not go on they both commited suicide Cobain and Plath Sitting in a bath * I am in the bath reading Plath as I was in the opening of the poem Washing their cuts down the drain *Plath's poem "Cut" deals with eeew cutting her thumb With the radio crackling *the radio has dropped in the bath The skin simmering soup * "Lady Lazarus" deals with Nazi issues like how they made lampshades out of the skin from Jews Now we’re all on the same page again. We're all dead now and the generation gap between Plath and Cobain is erased |
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elisaseyes Member
since 1999-07-15
Posts 196fort worth texas |
I enjoy the fact that the money is going to good use at school. Kisses |
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