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Let them know
I haven't forgotten about them,
but I have.
Some things speak truer
than any long winded prose.
It is a sad cancer
that runs through most of us.
Perspective comes
in fleeting moments
and leaves too soon,
but every now
and again
it swoops down.
Let me tell you,
all our sadness is trivial
like the crack head
who staggered the pavement
on my walk home.
90% of me wanting to hit him,
knock him to the floor
and remind him of his worth.
10% stepped in
and worried what took him there.
Sod it all.
We breeze through
in comparison
to something
we don't know
of yet.
I haven't forgotten about them,
but I have.
Some things speak truer
than any long winded prose.
It is a sad cancer
that runs through most of us.
Perspective comes
in fleeting moments
and leaves too soon,
but every now
and again
it swoops down.
Let me tell you,
all our sadness is trivial
like the crack head
who staggered the pavement
on my walk home.
90% of me wanting to hit him,
knock him to the floor
and remind him of his worth.
10% stepped in
and worried what took him there.
Sod it all.
We breeze through
in comparison
to something
we don't know
of yet.
Published 3rd Apr 2011
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3rd Apr 2011 8:32pm
I feel your angst and anger at the world in this poem..by saying sod it all..you summed it all up..brilliant write..Crim
3rd Apr 2011 10:46pm
Anonymous
4th Apr 2011 5:47am
Against the backdrop of night you lecture on morality and what lies behind our vapid gestures with unforgiving insight. There is only darkness in the world of the CruelHandedWriter, or at least the mirror through which you regard our world as it is now. There’s something almost reckless in the way you present a common conception or scenario - empathy, brutalism etc. - and pull the moral rug out from under it with an honesty that most writers would be afraid might reveal them as fallible human beings.
Plus, you know, your poems are nicely written and contain some good metaphors. They’re funny too, in a brittle, sardonic kind of way.
Plus, you know, your poems are nicely written and contain some good metaphors. They’re funny too, in a brittle, sardonic kind of way.
4th Apr 2011 11:36am
Anonymous
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4th Apr 2011 1:59pm
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