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Arlo said kill
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Arlo said kill |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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I curl up to a molten mylar dream Suffocating in a celluloid soaking stream of face down dolls that only breathe sans batteries sans wonder These are the supposed centurions to sleepless children tired from weeping but to awake would sleep in thunder The centurions kneel The battlefield is besieged with countless casualties Capturing emerald grass to release ruby boundless butchery As an angel assassin I still cannot kill the ghosts but from firing at this window has pictured the perch for pistol after pistol to pierce upon the brain It’s work growing grey matter in the fields The automatic peacemaker would be the one to plant seed only to watch it grow into a battlefield I am killing everything All the thoughts in my head are you and you and you I am killing you Lost on a bald earth where I am an eagle preying to a monster to a machine Now again I'm human stretching my wings across the earth planting my talons into the ocean stabbing and grabbing my feed clutching as a new breed I would be rid of if not for killing snakes Slithering on a shady road the first twinge of excitement settles in The rain has covered the talon marks with scented excrement and so the earth is ever expanding Like a twinkling in an eye-plex bouncing around and burying into the lost world. My right is gone on the battlefield, in slow motion I twirl around to die. A contraption Floats before me Something from another world, Surely- for it floats on its own power Flashes three times Makes an arc across the heavens Disappears Fade scene Fade machine Merry Xmas The War is over I lost my way in this world I laid it somewhere strange to me Like a shooter found on the battlefield questioned by authorities to the position of its retrieval It was only a lucky shooter I’d like to have it back Once When I had the power to stay aloft I could have silenced the war of ages Now my teeth are buried in pillow [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (01-17-2003 01:48 PM).] |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
Yo WOW... Read this one a few times... I'm not saying it was good... I'm not saying it was bad... It's beyond those terms. Harsh dreams of a reality that should never be played out, but all to often is. I appreciate the time, effort and sharing. Peace to you and your dreams. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
The depths of your mind are wayout... and I enjoy the trip every time I visit...  |
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enchantingvamp Member
since 2002-12-21
Posts 214Indiana, & NO there is NOT more than corn in Indiana, oughta go back to texas! |
Must agree with Nan, everytime I run across a piece of your work I get excited because I know I'll have to read it a few times, it's like a scavenger hunt.....smiles Nature has a funny way of breaking that which will not bend....Jewell |
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Ada'doLisdo'ti Member
since 2002-12-10
Posts 123California |
Wow...had to print this one out. It'll be flowing through my mind for the rest of the weekend. Of all I've lost; I miss my innocence the most. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
wayoutwalt I think you wayout too far this time, enjoyed. |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
this was written on a dark road late into the night for real even. thanks |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
a bit dark and eerie but good...I enjoyed the read. |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
I don't know if I've ever read any of your poetry before, but, had I, and it was like this, it would have been memorable. If poetry is supposed to make one feel, you are right on target, so to speak. I wanted to laugh, (smile,in appreciation of your talented descriptions) I wanted to cry, I wanted to shout: "Yes, I understand" I wanted to die....for the depth of this piece...and what some go through I am glad I don't drink, for I think I'd go get half-lit, after this..... Actually, I feel like I am, so I'll go find some soft, mushy stuff to sober up. This is one powerful poem. Wishing you peace, Thank you, Pat  ..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.. |
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paladin
since 2001-08-05
Posts 930Pensacola,Fl. |
There are dark chambers deep down in the dungeon of my mind.There are warning runes cut into the walls."Go back,go back there be demons here". paladin |
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