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beginning of a fall

It is the swan singing
in some borealic voice
that beckons
I truly believe
the sky is intangible
and not simply
closing it's universal palm
on us

the dew turns ashen
soaking all in lint gray
silhouettes, plastered fully
to the mangroves
edelweiss petals
animal corpses
the fleshly detriment
of humanity
dust has settled on a non-turning
perforated world

The guillotine smirks
and it looks as if the tenants
flickered off
lightless windows pulsing
in the black reflection
of emptiness

The vervain must be in bloom
the gallow birds chirp
in their descent
the sky on fire
and safely landed on the ground

or simply
these streets are high hanging
and it is all just so very
one dimensional

 

I throw my hands into the vessel

into the teetering paleness of the

ever-present horizon

in some hope to reassemble

the sky and all it's nothingness

but black is all I find

and soon black is my color

like the world

swallowed by the mouthing ocean

of space 


 

 

 

 

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  • luna-midnight gold member
    August 21, 2008

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    this is spiffirific ^_^
    love the vivid depth and descriptions you pull the reader into, congrats on the gold, you deserved it
    Stephanie ♥

  • unraveled
    August 16, 2008

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    holy shit @ the ending, this one blew me away...
    this deserves a whole bunch of clapping men but i can only give three, anyways best i've read of yours in a while

    -cassidy


  • the atlantic
    August 9, 2008

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    who are you and why have i never read you before, this is fuckin' awesome...need i say more? you nailed it, beginning to end.


    • Cannonsfire
      August 21, 2008
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      JP meet Cooper I should have known it was his, his surreal feel to poems are unique and you should definitely acquaint yourself with his stuff it is freakin' awesome!

  • Cannonsfire
    August 7, 2008
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    No words other than I love this! C

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