Like a rabid dog in a cage.
My mouth froths with purest rage.
I beat my head against the bars
Adding to my hideous scars
From charging blindly into trees.
I bite the hand that feeds me.
What more can I possibly say?
I’m to be euthanized today.
Author notes
Prompt:
I can't escape this hell
So many times i've tried
But i'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Credit:
Three Days Grace
Animal I Have Become
Picture credit: http://www.xinbi.com/blog/content/binary/rabid-dog.jpg
In a list
A contest entry
- Quickie by Lil-Bit Crazy.
600 points, ended September 8, 2008, 7 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Silver to Gold by Age of Rain.
360 points, ended September 27, 2008, 24 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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well
Damn I love the picture and the poetry that captures he entire scene. Crime does not pay. even for mad dogs.
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Thank you for reading and commenting. I am glad you liked the metaphorical write. I am not, but what some people actually thought it was about a dog. That could be because I am not so good at metaphors.
Mike
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you took a FANTASTIC meaning from that prompt; and one that most people wouldn't have thought of i dont think. truly amazing - bravo to you, this was worded well, and kept nice and short rather than rambling on too long [as i probably would have done! xD]
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Thank you very much for reading and commenting. I tend to ramble sometimes myself. I guess I seem to write about things that no one else does. I glance at a prompt and know what I am going to write in an instant, or I pass on it.
Mike
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Neat title and you showed both kinds of prison, the one the character is contained by and the one society cages him by. I liked the conclusion that Capital Punishment is euthanisia akin to that meted out to an animal. Congratulations on the shiny for the shelf.
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Thanks. I am glad you enjoyed the poem. I appreaciate you reading it.
Mike
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Wow very intense and agressive write, but does fit the prompt. I too have difficult time writing dark, guess I don't want to allow my self to 'crossover' to those feelings since I fight at times to stay strong in self. Congrats on silver!
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It was a dark poem. Sometimes when it all boils over it spills out in my writing.
Mike
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Congratulations on your Silver ...
a chilling take on the prompt ... I struggle to write poems like these. I think it is almost impossible for me to write this dark.
Love
Myra
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Sometimes I can take a dark prompt and make it light. Other times it comes out like this.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
Mike
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hehe i like this.... i like the way you took the prompt and made it into your own thing.... great job and good luck in contest.....! thanks for entering..
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Your comments are much appreciated. I was actually rather pleased with this shortie myself. Thanks for the inspiring contest and the silver cup.
Mike
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Excellent
Wow, I think I'll stay away from that cage! (lol) Imagery, rhythm and rhyme are just fine. Thanks for sharing this one.
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Thanks. Death row is death row, whether it be man or beast.
Mike
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Are ya done yet?
*taps foot and waits*
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Yeah. I am done. You keep tapping that foot and you will end up with a peg leg.
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Now that I didn't expect. But it's great 
You and your vivid imagination sir. hehe Best of luck!!
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Expect the unexpected
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