Lights flicker
Dingy figures
dirty rooms
Cockroaches touch me
like I'm theirs
I need the money
Author notes
Interesting competition, so I entered.
Some situations make you feel like you can't breathe, I probably would choke like this.
In a list
A contest entry
- Word Prompt: 16 words by Seeking Peace.
450 points, ended February 16, 2008, 16 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Give me Everything you've Got by CrystalJet.
600 points, ended March 14, 2008, 318 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Tell me...
Comments
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whoa, cockroaches touch me like im theirs - wow, i cant explain it, this doesnt reek of a contest entry, which i can often find contrived, so so good


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This is a great piece... you have used the 16 words well
Thank you for taking the time to enter this contest, wishing you the best of luck
Karen

