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Solo.

I tried to sleep alone. I tried, I tried.
But i could not stand
The quiet discourse
with my self.
The to-ing and fro-ing
was enough to make me
tear out my own eyes
and feed them
to a carnivourous bird
that was standing nearby.

* * *
Most of all it is the fear
ontop of this fear
or underneath.

* * *
As much as i hate people
they give me
something
to turn my anger
and frustration
with myself
towards
away from me.

— HDGoodman, Jul 12, 2007

Critiques

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Conect11

18 years 11 months ago

so far

after three reads I have characterized you (fairly or unfairly) as a pretty darned good writer. Don't break that streak now by delving into the world of cliche, which is a huge planet with massive gravity and is easy to get sucked into. That's how the third stanza feels to me. However I'm big on stanza one, gotta love carnivorous birds. Mark
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HDGoodman

18 years 11 months ago

thanks,

there is definitely ways to re work the last stanza, "hate" has to go.

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