Rewrite:
Spoiler
Graffiti stamped walls
sent love letters to the dead-
I wondered if the paint would bleed
into the riverside we stood by,
and if the declarations would fade,
paintspray by paintspray,
washed away unwillingly,
or if the cement rainbows could hold in
those memories of people I’d forever-not-know,
eternal tags and tracings
to be conquered only be some
whitewash and a bored man making a living.
Even then, they’d last on the brick longer
than I would on the earth.]
sent love letters to the dead-
I wondered if the paint would bleed
into the riverside we stood by,
and if the declarations would fade,
paintspray by paintspray,
washed away unwillingly,
or if the cement rainbows could hold in
those memories of people I’d forever-not-know,
eternal tags and tracings
to be conquered only be some
whitewash and a bored man making a living.
Even then, they’d last on the brick longer
than I would on the earth.]
Original:
Spoiler
Graffiti stamped walls
sent love letters to the dead-
I wondered if the paint could bleed
into the riverside we stood by,
or if the cement rainbows could hold in
those memories of people I’d never know,
eternal tags and tracings
to be conquered only be some
whitewash and a man making a living.
sent love letters to the dead-
I wondered if the paint could bleed
into the riverside we stood by,
or if the cement rainbows could hold in
those memories of people I’d never know,
eternal tags and tracings
to be conquered only be some
whitewash and a man making a living.
