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obsession inspired by wisps of real and imagined laughter



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Poem 27 | Day Twenty-Seven


afraid

I’m afraid of you
Scared you’ll bury me with shame
Draw in all their stares
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Poem 28 | Day Twenty-Eight


Summer Dreams

Good things melt away just like cold ice cream
As they change and fall, things will go awry
Dissipating like a cloud or a false dream

Droplets plummet into cracks and seam
Plunging fast despite your quick, desperate eyes
Good things melt away just like cold ice cream

Render hands sticky like a cruel, planned scheme
Round and fruitful scoops morphed into a lie
Dissipating like a cloud or false dream

Causing fright and overdramatic screams
All comes crashing in when your tongue feels dry
Good things melt away just like cold ice cream

All happiness drained from your bloodstream
In your ears pound, "what a waste" from their cries
Dissipating like a cloud or false dream

Squashed and crushed whipping cream and summer dreams
Waterfall cause by the sun of July
Good things melt away just like cold ice cream
Dissipating like a cloud or false dream
The problem with quotes found on the internet is that they are often not true.
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Poem 29 | Day Twenty-Nine


obsession inspired by wisps of real and imagined laughter

they're giggling, chuckling,
gasping for air
is it about me?
it must be about me
maybe my pants are too baggy or too tight
or there's something stuck in my hair
or maybe they're laughing about their own joke
maybe i'm not the joke
maybe they don't know I exist
but I just care too much
or maybe they do care
maybe they care that I spoke too loud
or spoke too soon
or spoke too late
but never mind
it's probably nothing
...oh no
did they hear my voice just crack?
they probably all heard it
like a spear of lightning
slicing through their eardrums
they're probably all laughing now
but i'm scared to look
because what if they realize I realize?
I'm not crazy
the other day they laughed
because I was a little too startled
so of course they're laughing now
right?
right?
unless it's all imaginary wavelengths for the brain
interpreted as ocean waves
crashing over my nose
did they really laugh?
did I really mess up?
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Poem 30 | Day Thirty


The End

TW: death
everything ends
life ends
friendship ends
there is always a dot at the end of the line
always a building at the end of the road
even loops will stop because they break down
I'm not afraid of the end
I know it was always coming
like a crow flying by my ear
flapping its pitch black plumage
but every time I try to find it
it becomes invisible
as if it never existed
but I know it's there
I'm not afraid of the end
but I'm afraid of the pain
even though I know that it will end
just like everything else
but I know it will be the last thing I feel
before I close my eyes
I will feel something piercing through me,
through my body or through my brain,
and then it will go black
like a light clicked off
only this time
it can't be lit again
I'll tell you something that doesn't end
the spirit of people
their souls and their legacy
but only as long as there are people to remember it
because as soon as they forget
or there are no more people who remember
they fade away like clouds
I guess I'm afraid of that too
don't forget me
my light will grow weak,
but you can keep it dim
This is the End.
The problem with quotes found on the internet is that they are often not true.
- Abraham Lincoln

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Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:33 pm
herbalhour says...



Spoiler! :
ahh ant!! number 30!! so cool!
I guess I'm afraid of that too
don't forget me
my light will grow weak,
but you can keep it dim
This is the End.
great poem about everything ending for your final poem!
nothing is forever but everything was infinite

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