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Epithet to Love-Edited

Shut up and die!

                              Words:
                              distant reminders of remorse
                              brandished like hot steel;
                              jettisoned drops of contempt
                              fueling ice-cold-coals of
                              hope.

                              "Momma's boy. Big boy. Baby boy."

Terms of endearment.

                              Strangers you and me
                              with names:

                              whimp. indifferent. cold.
                              cheap. dull. boring. ignorant;
                              hateful, spiteful names

                              sediment of our love:
                              scathing exchanges
                              glazed-over sarcasms.

Civility:

                              camouflage for hatred
                              disguising our vows to
                              honor and obey 'till death
                              do we...

Jargon:

                              unlistened to corpses
                              passing each other along
                              dingy corridors
                              vacant, dead eyes eyeballing
                              from corners of lifeless pulpits

Shut up!

                              words damning each other
                              with the finger-of-contempt.
                              Left-over smiles; hit-and-run
                              kisses; tolerated touches...
                              barely.

                              Luke-warm piss--ants
                              scurrying to catch the
                              ghost of lost tomorrows.

Bilge:

                              Poisoned waters; toxins
                              adrift upon wails and words
                              and "wish you were here"
                              lies.

                              Toilet-stained porcelain
                              smells of dying flesh
                              half-empty coffee cups
                              timeless time capturing
                              captives who hold each one
                           
                              in bondage; our self-made
                              hatred.

Anger:

                              re-cycled placebo. foreplay
                              for sex.

Periphery:

                              contradiction. ugliness.
                              egos collide like dodgem
                              cars at the Fairgrounds--
                              bludgeoning, demeaning
                              careening

                              into the ribs of remembrance.

War-games:

                              what we play to appease our
                              minds.

Hypocrites:

                              machines robotically speaking
                              of love...life, scars, sores,
                              caked-over scabs.

Why?

                              Because...we l o v e
                              to hate or is it
                              that we hate in order to
                              l o v e, to feel alive...

                              Did I ever l o v e you? or
                              just the idea of love.

What's become
our epithet to love:

                              name-calling,
                              contradictions,
                          cell-phone hostility
                        foreplay, self-justification
                              ice-tea memories

Oh holy god...
can't we just
shut up! just shut
the f___ up...
                              but we prefer
                              our chosen form
                              of suffering:

annihilation
    and
crucifixion.

                         

Author notes

liquidmindforever

OPTION 2 Strangers with names
OPTION 4 Contradiction

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Comments

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  • Walk-Free
    October 9, 2008
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    congruatulations on making it to the next round!

    here's the link of the last contest. please do enter because we have fallen in love with your poems (:

    http://allpoetry.com/contest/show/2423543#


  • checkmate
    October 7, 2008
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    i love this!!!

    yep this is tons better- this is awesome. perfect


  • transit
    September 30, 2008
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    wow

    This is a very interesting poem and the style was very fresh. The poem stuck to the prompt but in a different way.

    "War-games:

    what we play to appease our
    minds."

    very interesting interpretation. good luck!

    transit~


  • Walk-Free
    September 21, 2008
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    please credit the phrase to checkmate

    thank you and i wish you all the best in the contest! lovely entry

  • checkmate
    September 20, 2008

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    woah. this is very powerful. i loved the originality of the structure in this piece- very thought provoking.

    i love the take on the prompt. the stanza breakdown was detailed, precise, and i loved it. your word choice was great!

    only thing is: i think the ending could have been much more powerful. i was disappointed with the ending lines, i expected something sharper.

    other than that, this was perfect.

    great job.

    s.


    • liquidmindforever gold member
      September 26, 2008

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      Check out my new ending as I've edited it after considering
      your comment. I find it stronger this way.


  • Beauty Of Silence
    September 19, 2008

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    "Poisoned waters; toxins
    adrift upon wails and words
    and "wish you were here"
    lies."

    this was impactful! it was a great way to express this feeling! love the words you've used!
    strong, and they hit hard! keep penning, thanks for the entry!

  • Walk-Free
    September 5, 2008

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    "whimp. indifferent. cold.
    cheap. dull. boring. ignorant;
    hateful, spiteful names"

    an impactful poem, each stanza hitting me with the next.

    loved the strong words used to potray such raw emotion.

    thank you for entering

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