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Detritus
Did they not warn me
when I was a toddler
to look out
while crossing streets
gulfs-limits-lines
Was my mother
not kind enough to tell me
not to date a woman
who had a love
for booze
brawl-black-bleak
So I thought both of us
were good enough
to live-love
together
until the lady in the car
opened the door
to throw her gift
in a fit of rage
I watched the packet
roll-away
in a parabola
as my woman said
something
in a fit of daze
that sounded like a drain
choked
gurgled
incoherent
disconnected
so unlike her
and the skid marks
on her back
started to ooze
orange
I sat down.
thud.
An empty bottle of
absolut crashed
l-o-u-d
against the tarmac
in the distance
preceding the
s-c-r-e-e-c-h
I thought I smiled
inside.
when I was a toddler
to look out
while crossing streets
gulfs-limits-lines
Was my mother
not kind enough to tell me
not to date a woman
who had a love
for booze
brawl-black-bleak
So I thought both of us
were good enough
to live-love
together
until the lady in the car
opened the door
to throw her gift
in a fit of rage
I watched the packet
roll-away
in a parabola
as my woman said
something
in a fit of daze
that sounded like a drain
choked
gurgled
incoherent
disconnected
so unlike her
and the skid marks
on her back
started to ooze
orange
I sat down.
thud.
An empty bottle of
absolut crashed
l-o-u-d
against the tarmac
in the distance
preceding the
s-c-r-e-e-c-h
I thought I smiled
inside.
Published 5th Jan 2012
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5th Jan 2012 6:43pm
on the beginning of an ending, so well portrayed through words. From the mind of a poet as usual comes words paints the story. As always, you are, Lightbringer.
6th Jan 2012 2:16am
5th Jan 2012 7:28pm
Dig it. the changes in font, the broken scentences everything was very emotional. a play -by- play of the bitter end with a sense of relief.
6th Jan 2012 2:15am
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