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ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923
my own state

0 posted 2006-05-15 05:59 PM


Again air drips
water holes fill
beneath foot marks
gentry migrates
work to home
back again
photo on wall
pasted smile
lip gloss
chapped oral grooves
can tell me
if I work to live


Again man submits
to a lash
flashes a form
signs on the line
submits to routine
even a bloody holiday
repeats itself
with no real outlet
but to repeat
from the air that drips
the water holes that fill
the frames that collect dust
sun bathe or submit

If one works to live
jump from check to check
pictures of themeselves
lose meaning
how much I am not alive
outside routine
bar hop
superficial talk
submission
or kiss pavement
leave the chain gang.
live with the bears
return to nature



© Copyright 2006 Martin Dansky - All Rights Reserved
Bodger
Senior Member
since 2005-06-12
Posts 1260
Tolerance for a short time
1 posted 2006-05-16 02:31 PM


You put more together in these words

Than others

Do in tombs

Dave

ecrivan
Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923
my own state
2 posted 2006-05-16 10:13 PM


thanks for the comment, it is rich in imagry
OwlSA
Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
3 posted 2006-05-17 04:24 PM


Enjoyed your poem, but don't know much about that world - I live "with the bears" and milk the honey and lemon juice out of every moment.

- Owl

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa
4 posted 2006-05-17 05:00 PM


I can understand the "routine" thing and the feeling of not being fully alive but at the end of the day we do what we have to in order to survive ... until we find our passion which may not be this time around.  As they say - enjoy the journey!
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