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Open Poetry #26

teeth are falling

Drexler_McStyles
Member

since 2002-11-18

Posts 195
Venice, Ca

0 posted 2003-05-15 02:58 AM

yeah, the dust ruffle is not nearly as low
as the depths I will plunge to
to drive a stake into my headstone
waiting with the roaches, with the forgotten stones
for the bus to deliver me a little closer to solitude
I fend off the chill
curse the resurgent delays that mime
the wonderwall despondency I find grotesque
and later
when I spark kindling across the chastity belt
of some golden-tressed nymph
I hesitate to delay the improbable
for all the obvious reasons
they should make a guidebook for
all the gridlocked souls we commonly ignore
passing us in the street, at the dinner table
and other oddly familiar places
I inject novocaine into my conscience
so I can digest my daily routine
etc, etc…
better to pour them
long and strong
better to pretend
theres someone out there who cares
we should never give the truth
a moment to settle the dust

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2003-05-15 12:25 PM

I confess the title confused me, as I just immediately thought of the common dream of teeth falling out--and couldn't seem to shake that long enough to interpret this any other way.

smile.

Now I'm prolly gonna have that one tonight...assuming I will sleep.

and? I love the bite in this too. (oh forgive me...geez I'm nauseating...)

Enjoyed, as always.

CaseyLeigh
Junior Member

since 2003-05-15

Posts 48

2 posted 2003-05-15 01:01 PM

remind me to get you a pair of pliers for your birthday...

you don't have a dust ruffle, if i recall correctly. that wouldn't exactly feed into the macho front you put up, dear.

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

3 posted 2003-05-15 01:08 PM

they should make a guidebook for
all the gridlocked souls we commonly ignore
passing us in the street, at the dinner table
and other oddly familiar places
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lol, think you'd be the one to pen this
guidebook
another write with bite

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