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Open Poetry #33

Sick October Legends

lovejunkie
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since 2003-12-31

Posts 93
Indiana

0 posted 2004-10-19 02:36 PM

My brother told me stories
     of men escaping Indiana
     after a high school victory
of beer bottles and seventy-nine cent meals
     in the back of a white
     hundred dollar van
of going to the West Coast
     driving seventy-two hours straight
     reaching their perpetual freedom
     and finding cold waters and towering trees
of bringing back photographic memories
     of the limitless spectrum of mauves
     drapped across the Nevada desert
of the stinging nights spent chatting with lizards
     and scorching days spent battling dragons
of staring up at the clouds
     and not being quite right
     and forgetting how the story goes
of driving ninety miles to Key West
     speeding along a narrow bridge
     and not having enough cash
     to spend the night in a small pink motel
of driving those same ninety miles back
     on the same bridge
     with disappointment
     and a curse for the Rich Man under his breath
of coming home to a jailcell
     with a bottle of antidepressants in the glove compartment
of tipping a bottle of whiskey
     into his mouth and off of the pier
     and jumping in after it
     to sip the last few drops of warm vunerability.

[This message has been edited by lovejunkie (10-19-2004 06:40 PM).]

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-10-19 03:09 PM

This reminds me of someone just like that...
only it was Septembers Boys...

Enjoyed the reminisce...

quatro
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since 2003-04-29

Posts 392
Galveston, Texas

2 posted 2004-10-19 03:27 PM

What a trip! I enjoyed this read!
quatro

Huan Yi
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since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

3 posted 2004-10-19 09:13 PM

This is not bad

MGROVES

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since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

4 posted 2012-05-20 08:31 PM

a piece of a puzzle

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