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just a junkie Member
since 2003-03-04
Posts 53 |
Maggots I have a rare fondness for Maggots Don't get me wrong I wouldn't want to Keep them as pets And I'd prefer Not to see them But the life of a Maggot Has got to be the most Ingenious creation To be able to get dropped off Just about any place foul And rapidly thrive there You are never any better or worse Than your neighbor And hate is spread evenly Having no ties to anyone or anything You can gorge yourself On treasures of which A higher life form has Condemned as garbage and disregarded As trash Which will sustain you Long enough To allow you to Transform into something rather ugly Yet, significantly more beautiful Than what you began as Given new body parts With mesh covered eyes And delicate wings Strong enough to Transport your entire body To the destination of your choosing To gorge on new treasures And continously pissing people off Being such an annoyance That even the most docile person Wants nothing more than to Be solely responsible for your death Your ingenuity allows you to Escape the homicidal intentions Of bodies thousands of times your size On a regular basis And within days You can simply Lay down and die With no regrets. Just a Junkie [This message has been edited by just a junkie (04-25-2003 09:32 PM).] |
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Kahlil Senior Member
since 2003-04-12
Posts 1881 |
This is an intriguing write. I like the focus on a topic that should make us shudder! But it's full of life, too! I sense it's deeper that it first appears.... |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
I liked this the first time I read it... and I still like it now! Though it still rather disgusts me lol good job! Always, Alyssa - And so it was that time stood still - |
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tommy New Member
since 2003-06-03
Posts 4 |
very clever,very descriptive i would love to be a maggott wait a minute...i am good write |
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pjtalty Member
since 2002-07-17
Posts 111W.A., Australia |
A skilful and imaginative piece of free verse. IT has a unity of thought and expressive feeling from beginning to end and, despite the ugh! connotation of the title word and the implications for a gruesome read, I found myself quite intrigued by the argument and followed it through with a surprising amount of pleasure. An interesting and impresssive piece, the form, tone and imagery of which had banished any repugnance by the time I got to the clever conclusion. Patrick Talty [This message has been edited by pjtalty (06-04-2003 09:40 AM).] |
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