Hello?
Are you there?
I'm still here...
Are you still there?
Hi!
It's me...
I called earlier.
I just wanted to make sure
you're still there.
Oh Hey!
just me,
calling to check...
that you're still there.
You there?
Hello?
...
Hello!?
Ha! See!?
I knew it...
you're gone.
Author notes
It’s a commentary on how I find myself acting with someone new… particularly with someone new that I like, in a dating sense.
This kind of behavior is a self fulfilling prophecy, but it’s something I think a lot of people (including myself) find themselves doing, and unable to control. I wonder where it sources from, and in this piece, I’ve approached it from a ‘fear of abandonment’ perspective, which many of us carry from our childhoods.
The poem itself is simple and repetitive, deliberately to emphasize the childishness of the behavior.
Writing it has helped me control the urge though, which I’m currently fighting… haha.
-- "The Child Inside- Qkumbah Zoo"
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A contest entry
- Childish Tendencies by None But Nim.
900 points, ended November 15, 2008, 9 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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Wow! This is a little spooky...in a good way. I wrote a poem years ago with the same title and the same general theme and feelings of insecurity in a relationship. I don't think I posted it on ap. If you are curious, I'll dig it out and send it to you. It might be interesting to compare the two.
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youve already written it.
ooo this is so good
do you know how good this is?
Talk about simple.
Talk about fucking funny.
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and by not totally sold, I mean not totally sold on my writing, not your comment.
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You think so? I mean... Thanks! i'm not totally sold. but I wanted it to feel as childish as I feel.
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