This Blood.Stained.Love.Story
has stunted my elemental growth,
having s/c/a/r/r/e/d my frontal lobe
with memories of yesterday
&& promises for tomorrow.
I fought, battling tooth && nail,
Against the Grain
but you s.t.i.l.l. stood firm -
handing out pity like Pez,
effervescent reminders
of Our Time in Eden,
when things were gentle abstractions
&& we were busy wrapping ourselves in
Mental Jewelry,
ignoring the Pretty Hate Machine
being built around our ears &&
the Little Earthquakes
that rocked our world.
Content,
we were busy
Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces
but the Drunken Lullabies got lost in the static
&& the Conspiracy of One was born.
I'm Not Dead
I whispered to you,
{{begging you}}
to Pay Attention to me
but it was London Calling
that you heard && as I watched,
Bleach rinsed the color from your eyes.
A Match and Some Gasoline && our love
went up like @ Molotov cocktail,
leaving me in @ puddle of glitter and
glamorous rejection,
just another one of the
Strange Little Girls.
Author notes
Against the Grain – Bad Religion (Released 1/1/90)
Our Time in Eden – 10,000 Maniacs (Released 9/29/92)
London Calling – The Clash (Released 12/14/79)
Drunken Lullabies – Flogging Molly (Released 2/1/02)
Mental Jewelry – Live (Released 1/1/91)
Pretty Hate Machine – NIN (Released 11/1/89)
Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces – Seether (Released 10/23/07)
Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos (Released 2/21/92)
Pay Attention – Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Released 5/2/00)
Bleach – Nirvana (Released 6/1/89)
Conspiracy of One – Offspring (Released 11/14/00)
I'm Not Dead – Pink (Released 4/4/06)
Blood Stained Love Story – Saliva (Released 1/23/07)
A Match and Some Gasoline – The Suicide Machines (Released 6/17/03)
To Venus and Back – Tori Amos (Released 9/21/99)
Strange Little Girls - Tori Amos ( Released 9/18/01)
This was fun! Good idea for a contest....
A contest entry
- Music soothes the savage beast. by Loki.
1000 points, ended November 7, 6 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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I ... really liked this... You have a talent!
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My how I do so love when you write in such stunning typography. Regardless, let's continue with my unbiased comment.
The first line that struck me was "handing out pity like Pez". That, in my mind, was a very clever line, not to mention a bit of alliteration.
Also, the puddle of glitter was a great image.
All in all you wrote this in a way where someone would never know you used album titles.
Perfect, as all that you do.
Thank you
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this is so amazing!!
i love the whole story,
then i read the authors notes
I would not have ever guessed!!
how creative!! beautifully done!
love and blesslings
Rend
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