Dreams and hope quiver
beneath the crumpled skin
of a brown-paper-bagged bottle
He scribbles his life story,
the sharpie smudges,
on the public bathroom door.
A contest entry
- overnight contest. by iverbthenoun.
300 points, ended July 12, 2008, 5 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What be your thoughts?
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i love it. thanks for entering. it's raw and that's my favorite
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yay
i liked it!
is it about me ?
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um, no. Haha. It's more about an old man I saw the other day, walking down the street with a bottle of liquor in a brown paper bag.
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oh yeah
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hehe
I thought that was kind of obvious.
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