October 19, 2005

  • I fear this sucks, but in case it doesn’t…


    Eulogy


    The red of blood
    splashed around me and
    I thought of those
    that drifted away
    in my mind before dawn
    and I cried for those words
    who died as I curled beneath
    warm blankets, as I ate
    comfort food, as I sat
    warming a couch for programs
    I cared nothing about
    and their unsung melodies
    filled my head with
    a mourning cry
    as I grieved for my
    aborted poems.

Comments (4)

  • Au contraire, mon ami. That hardly sucks! That’s very powerful.

  • Oh yeah.  Slapped me hard with that one.   I’m with Red.  That’s a keeper.  And it should be sent to WPJ at the very least. 

  • That is so wonderful! I’ve been there so many times. I love it. Usually right when I’m slipping off to sleep, I think in poetic terms, and my disabled brain just throws it to the recycle bin without asking me first. ba, brains, you can’t live with em, can’t convulse without em.

  • *nods, points above, then shuffles back to bed tiredly*

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