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  • Poetry » Dramatic
    Busybodies
    5

    I stand here and watch the busybodies. Electric doors, street vendors, warm exhaust fumes choke the passersby. Mistletoe boughs climb street poles and Santa’s bell rings lightly. I stand and ...


    Trident - Dec 7, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Thanks Dad
    10

    You drank, You hit, You yelled, You cried... You swore, You spent, You wasted, You dealed... You loved, You lived, You stayed, You knew... You hissed, You beat, You stomped, ...

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    pandoraswritings - Dec 7, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    High School
    8

    When I graduated Junior High, I remember telling myself I’d be the same, Crazy and fun, And full of spunk. When I graduated Junior High, I remember telling myself I’d ...

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    pandoraswritings - Dec 7, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    They can not be...
    4

    I stop and smile, And think a while, At the things that can not be. Like a homeless man, You see now and then, Trying to find his way. And ...

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    pandoraswritings - Dec 7, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Chaotic
    4

    self affliction I fear, I crave yet in my heart I know it can't go on everlasting lust I fear, I crave yet in my mind I know it can't ...


    Gabrielle - Dec 7, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Dear Mother
    2

    My mother I love her she is beautiful, even glowing but her soul is pleading for release her charades hurt I must understand she needs her space My mother has ...


    Gabrielle - Dec 7, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    My hysteria
    2

    They know not of my age nor do they care the influence of despoliation induces hatred my criminal ravishment permeates through me feelings profound shadows flaunt freedom my hysteria is ...


    Gabrielle - Dec 7, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Oh sweet sir
    3

    here I am once again, singing out of tune dancing without rythym painting without paint flying without wings kissing the non existant youth oh sweet sir may I interest you ...


    Gabrielle - Dec 7, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Lyrical
    Eraser Shavings
    6

    Don't even bother.. Maggots fed the hollows in my heart, writhing to the strumming acoustics that resonate from your melody. Bereft of those late nights, those drunk second-rate nights, I ...


    xanthan gum - Dec 6, 2006 - 1 min read

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    Well, the useal I guess Brad, well done descriptions etc. For some reason I didn't like the 2 line structure and the way you cut off the sentences in order ...


    Chandni - Dec 6, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Not a poem, not a story
    2

    Drift along On the sea of life The cliche, the metaphor Thats always used Why do we make poems Why do we express Why do we write stories In beats ...


    dancing_goth_cat - Dec 6, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    The knife
    8

    Sitting alone in my room, The telly blares and the radio goes boom, It's all getting way too much, I see the knife and make a clutch, I hold it ...


    xlilxzox - Dec 6, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    welcome to my life
    6

    Iv deleted this text coz like bubble wrapped said...not good to post your name, and also it WAS a school assignment, my stuff isnt that good but i am only ...


    xlilxzox - Dec 6, 2006 - 1 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    Cigaretterospect
    3

    who she is, I have no idea, but she brings me cigarettes and a reason to smoke. the reason, of course, is to combat the slow decay of reminiscence, so ...


    Ohio Impromptu - Dec 6, 2006 - 2 min read

  • Poetry » Other
    hay swain
    9

    hay swain two sit entwining hay, golden flax spinning into rope between their fingers, the quietus of an autumns day settling like the lord’s mantle on their shoulders. and she ...


    Caligula's Launderette - Dec 6, 2006 - 1 min read


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