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Earth Age
Before the air takes your skin
and my lung's cage is coal
know that the grass
never grew around me
and it never flourished
beneath my stubborn foot.
When the soprano rides the last wind
over forgotten footprints nestled snugly
in the belly of valleys and
through the deep-rooted disposable trees
and the last cloud wets the ground -
you'll find not every end has a new;
we are nonrenewable.
When earth's hand hits its hour
we are the dispensable.
and my lung's cage is coal
know that the grass
never grew around me
and it never flourished
beneath my stubborn foot.
When the soprano rides the last wind
over forgotten footprints nestled snugly
in the belly of valleys and
through the deep-rooted disposable trees
and the last cloud wets the ground -
you'll find not every end has a new;
we are nonrenewable.
When earth's hand hits its hour
we are the dispensable.
Published 12th Jul 2012
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12th Jul 2012 5:59pm
12th Jul 2012 6:06pm
12th Jul 2012 7:38pm
"you'll find not every end has a new;
we are nonrenewable.
When earth's hand hits its hour
we are the dispensable."
An undeniable truth great piece.
we are nonrenewable.
When earth's hand hits its hour
we are the dispensable."
An undeniable truth great piece.
12th Jul 2012 9:08pm
12th Jul 2012 8:49pm
love this ending and the relationship between the species and the earth... how the person standing on the grass is an antagonist almost. beautiful job, Mr A. [:
12th Jul 2012 9:11pm
Antagonist almost, though he knows the outcome too.
Thanks for the overly kind words, Jesta. :)
Thanks for the overly kind words, Jesta. :)
13th Jul 2012 5:16am
most well said.....what
human viciousness has done to
This Place
in order to appease OurOwn[ership] ego's
makes
"antagonistic" seem genteel.
I used to be ashamed to be a whiteboy....now, the only shame worth bearing is shame at being Human.
& t'think wee collectively pride our'Self overwhelmingly....A Pandemic Delusional Debacle.
buttwaddu eye know?
human viciousness has done to
This Place
in order to appease OurOwn[ership] ego's
makes
"antagonistic" seem genteel.
I used to be ashamed to be a whiteboy....now, the only shame worth bearing is shame at being Human.
& t'think wee collectively pride our'Self overwhelmingly....A Pandemic Delusional Debacle.
buttwaddu eye know?
13th Jul 2012 11:42am
You're almost touching misanthropic fibres there, Daniel.
Humanity exists to become extinct as I suppose all life and bacteria does. What you wanna take out of our short time here is up to the individual. In the age and time of the universe, we have no purpose.
Maybe just a hindrance, but let's pretend we're special because we are here after-all.
Good thoughts, thankya.
Humanity exists to become extinct as I suppose all life and bacteria does. What you wanna take out of our short time here is up to the individual. In the age and time of the universe, we have no purpose.
Maybe just a hindrance, but let's pretend we're special because we are here after-all.
Good thoughts, thankya.
13th Jul 2012 5:25pm
misanthropy it must be, i guess.
tis an inconceivably Finite realm wee in'habit, & humanEgo will not tolerate it's impenetrableness.
Wee 'conquer' death by hastening our eXtinction.
Tis a wonderful Teatro D'Lusio paradoxymoronique...
you inspired me to finish a piece i got distracted from the other day....changed title from "Humanus" to "Misanthropyca Humanus"....*
*pleas eXcuse my compulsion to sillilly mix languages/linguistics & make up 'new words' [or perhaps they're anti-words].....as BugsBunny sez, "What a maroon!"
tis an inconceivably Finite realm wee in'habit, & humanEgo will not tolerate it's impenetrableness.
Wee 'conquer' death by hastening our eXtinction.
Tis a wonderful Teatro D'Lusio paradoxymoronique...
you inspired me to finish a piece i got distracted from the other day....changed title from "Humanus" to "Misanthropyca Humanus"....*
*pleas eXcuse my compulsion to sillilly mix languages/linguistics & make up 'new words' [or perhaps they're anti-words].....as BugsBunny sez, "What a maroon!"
8th Aug 2012 6:12am
