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Open Poetry #29

sleeping with an eye open

jasonm
New Member

since 2003-10-01

Posts 8

0 posted 2003-10-02 04:27 AM

Now suppose this watchful nightmare
that you tend with mother's care
is polished bare with the wringing of your hands
and the battlefield familiar
stripped as seastones
trenches filled
stands bare and lonely
and the enemy has thrown off that humanity
which you yourseld have striped it in
dispersed
it hovers weightless in the air
it seeps beneath the earth
to join others who wait in secret places
to grow

And then suppose a day comes when the sun
rises for everyone but you
and you walk the street
to see the steel-toothed traps
in sidewalk cracks
and death's blades on the churchtops
and ambush everywhere.
Suppose the outcome of the conflict
has already been constructed
of the bones that have been taken from your victims
to house you in

When you hide your eyes
and look back at the things
that shame you

n2dmystic
Member

since 2003-09-27

Posts 253
beyond the doors of perception

1 posted 2003-10-02 04:31 AM

yes!!! indeed, suppose that day comes, and you MUST hide your eyes. Wonderful write. thank you

Peace, Joe
in the big MT
seeking the serendipitous magical mysteries of life's ubiquitous twisteries

QjQ
Member Elite

since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

2 posted 2003-10-02 10:23 AM

interesting write,,,,

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

3 posted 2003-10-02 10:31 AM

Suppose the outcome of the conflict
has already been constructed
of the bones that have been taken from your victims
to house you in

When you hide your eyes
and look back at the things
that shame you

got to me...and the view was not too pretty...

nice expressions..btw I think I sleep with both eyes open...

[This message has been edited by nakdthoughts (10-02-2003 10:31 AM).]

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