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whitetea
whitetea
Mar 19, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

turn.

I am only tired of the sinking
the subtle decline
the slow rot

flesh can only hold so tight
and bones never ask.
— whitetea, Mar 19, 2008

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Region, Country: United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Chrystos, Mark Strand, Adrienne Rich, Naomi Shihab Nye, Rachel M. Simon, Donald Justice, Mary Oliver, Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker, Bukowski, Mary Lambert

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Candlewitch

Candlewitch

18 years 2 months ago

Yes

Ageing is no picnic. Excellent poem. Always, Cat
whitetea

whitetea

18 years 2 months ago

thanks!

thank you for saying so, I appreciate your having read this.
Mark

Mark

18 years 2 months ago

When I looked up

after I parked my car to see a skunk all shiny clean from the night rain feeding in the snow covered lawn and watched it for a minute then got out of my car we looked at each other for another minute. Maybe we were wondering what we wanted to say, hello, and of course me being me I did. I turned and walked away and it continued to feed. I can't think about rotting things or flesh falling off bone right now but your poem or rather that there was a comment attracted me and I doubt anybody can say it better than Cat :) May I add - true poetry ! Mark
whitetea

whitetea

18 years 2 months ago

thanks!

always a pleasure to see you drop by, Mark. I want to thank you for the spontaneity there, what an image. Reminds me of something I've read once.
A

abrelosojos

18 years 2 months ago

enjoyed the last lines a

enjoyed the last lines a lot. very good short poem :) fragile things: take flight!
P

pinksheep

18 years 2 months ago

The

bones never ask, tremendous-pink
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

18 years 1 month ago

I really....

...like the closing lines of this piece. Nice job. ~Lynn (Jess K.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~ "Bush is listening.... use big words!" ~ "Your inferiority complex is better than mine..."