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Fear of Heights

The little man was a balding beetle
obsessed with Marilyn Monroe
hanging golden and luminous above his bedside table.
He put the teapot on to boil,
and shaking legs stepped
closer and closer to the abyss
till he could ponderously stare over.
No, stare is not the right word,
glimpse is a better fit,
one must tread carefully
amongst all these words,
and fear tripping over the wrong one
lest it send you over the edge.
But one timid glimpse
and a jolt of cocaine terror
were all it took.

Written by L_Munro

Published 21st February 2010 4:22am Read all poems by L_Munro
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the matter of factness

Written on 21st February 2010 9:27am by Abracadabra

...you give this timid rather comic character and the 'glimpse' inside the writer's head create a compelling picture and I can smell the fear in your final lines. Promising work.

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