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Sun May-18-08 09:59 AM
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The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sun 5/18/2008) |
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May Day
I've decided to waste my life again, Like I used to: get drunk on The light in the leaves, find a wall Against which something can happen,
Whatever may have happened Long ago—let a bullet hole echoing The will of an executioner, a crevice In which a love note was hidden,
Be a cell where a struggling tendril Utters a few spare syllables at dawn. I've decided to waste my life In a new way, to forget whoever
Touched a hair on my head, because It doesn't matter what came to pass, Only that it passed, because we repeat Ourselves, we repeat ourselves.
I've decided to walk a long way Out of the way, to allow something Dreaded to waken for no good reason, Let it go without saying,
Let it go as it will to the place It will go without saying: a wall Against which a body was pressed For no good reason, other than this.
Phillis Levin
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Sun May-18-08 10:07 AM
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Sun May-18-08 11:15 AM
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2. Awwww. Reminds me of Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Intention to Escape from Him." nt |
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Sun May-18-08 07:19 PM
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All I can say is, if you can waste your life writing poetry like that...
Well, more power to ya!
This is beautiful...
I'm struggling with a big one of my own...
I rather doubt it will be this great!
Thank you...
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