The streets are dirty black and grey
the air bites at my fishnet thighs
the empty alley leaves little
to the imagination
as i do all the time
Onto another filthy street
punctuated by
the sunshine yellow taxi
waiting just for me.
I slither to the driver's door
bullets loaded in my hand
when the gun is pushed to the driver's head
i wonder who could own those hands
His desperate eyes are real like none
i've ever seen before
he's a man, a human and he
ain't nothing more
"So run away, mister taxi man,
your blood's too good for the fate
of my hands."
I tear away into the night
for 2.65 seconds
when upright men in pretty blue shirts
see my taxi friend
I've surrended myself every night
for the last three sickened years;
there's no way i'll give up now
The mirror says i have black
bleeding down my face
cheap like the leather corset
clutching at my waist
it's like despair;
crushing me and bleeding down my skin
I killed a man who pushed me down
he was filled with blood
i can't see the road ahead
i just see blood and blood
My taxi friend has found the end
of this dirty little town
i scream ahead into a night
of criminals and blood
"We know who you are
we know what you did,"
run and die alone
but i have my yellow friend
the road bleeds out, a cliff, an edge
my stilleto pressing down.
My taxi friend finds the end
we fly...
into the night.
Author notes
okay not sure if this is what you wanted, but i thought id enter anyway!
A contest entry
- Taxi cab by Fim Fivver.
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nice. it leaves alot to fill in but is not unfinished. i enjoyed it
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"the road bleeds out, a cliff, an edge
my stilleto pressing down.
My taxi friend finds the end
we fly...
into the night."
Grity and contemporary, wow, what an imagination!
Good job.
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This is really good. Perfect the imagery you constructed very well... Your words were indeed writen perfect. The fish nets...
Amazing write... I am the manager of the group girl talk
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excellent imagery
You take the reader on a very exciting ride. You have created such vivid images, and it takes a couple reads to absorb the meaning of the poem.
Good luck in the contest!
Ethereal One
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thats me you know... lo
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venus in furs
thats what this poem made me think of. not that it has anything to do with the song but never the less it made me think of the song. though parts of this poem were choppy it still unfolds well. also the way you stae the ovious (spelled that wrong, with out having to state it is fantastic. Almost every stanza has a part worth praise aswell. this was a great write and im glad to make you a finalist. thanks for entering keep up the writing
Bryant
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i dont fully get the meaning but i like the story this poem unfolds.
LOVE ENGRA -
i like story ones hehe i like this one alot very unfolding.
LOVE hippy -
This is a very strange poem! But suprisingly enough I actually enjoyed reading it. I imagined everything happening as if I were there, and I felt all the emotions! Which these days is pretty hard!
So well done!!!
Maria
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