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This emptiness belongs to me
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This emptiness belongs to me |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533
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Somewhere there’s a leaning forest, fertilized by placentas luckless Americans don’t bury, that leave hospitals in light blue plastic, shuttled in the wee hours by harder plastic hampers into white vans like tragic hazards (though some go into NuSkin products “the secret of youth”) Somewhere else a man, one finger nubbed, squints like a sun washed predator seeking out the next stunned moo cow to convince her she needs him and that she is a racehorse and that surely his saddle fits, all squeezed between teeth I paid for, in a voice not heard outside of “Gunsmoke,” and will leave at the next to last drop of milk Elsewhere, in an orange clad line, several sleep deprived will eat baloney on white bread, with a choice of mustard or mayonnaise, an apple, in a cold hard place and do a mini dance before a judge where their ghost like presence is denounced in familiar language by a broken record and they, voiceless and having been braced by a stranger on their feet beforehand, will eat whatever’s handed them without a choice of condiments Poets against the war is redundant [This message has been edited by RSWells (02-03-2005 11:35 AM).] |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
baloney isn't all that bad, on white with mayo |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I cannot explain it but I understand it... it's an emptiness that, whilst you may claim it is borrowed by others...  |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
Every verse holds such impact and yes, the emptiness though you feel it is shared by many Richard.  and yes, I, along with many walk on the same land that you do as we all reside on their land. |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
Richard...I'm speechless, which is a feat in its own...  |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
The later edit was to change the line in the second stanza from "teeth I bought" to "teeth I paid for"....made a difference to me. Poets against the war is redundant |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
yea we're all so damned pathetically human aint we? enjoyed your sardonic blistering blast here |
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