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pumpumpumpumpump

old man
sneaking round
through the passages of my veins
rides a cell
into my throbbing heart

old man
you suddenly
poke me from inside
with your
walking stick

oh me
depriving myself
of the self-care the I need
you bleed
inside me
for my new blood

new blood comes
from dead things
living people
undead cling
not like a horror
just so real
they're on drugs
so they can't feel
they have no legs
new blood comes
from the living dead
it's been done
it's been said
new blood
is velvet not red
is purble not blue
is orange not brown
is diagonal rather then left or down

oh

old man
you are dying
I will try
my hardest
to put you on my life machine
then you will pump
pump
pump pump
pump

new blood comes
from the soil
comes from the graves
comes from the crematorium
comes pales like the milk
you loved when you were a child
new blood loves
you.

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poewriter58

17 years 3 months ago

Liam

line 13 did you mean that I need? Interesting and thought provoking write Chrys
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Conect11

17 years 3 months ago

a diabolically smiled

and perhaps I shouldn't have, but I enjoyed this piece. Reflecting back to the old self, to the blood and its colors, this poem deserves a fine piece of art to go with it. Mark W.
Rett

Rett

17 years 3 months ago

Goat, you been sneaking in my house?

Old man, walking stick, new bllod, hee hee hee (old man cackle) open a vein please.. Loved the write. Thought provoking and a bit macabre. Respectfully, Rett: "Next time you think you're perfect, walk on water."
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youarehere

17 years 3 months ago

relentless

oroborous we are all worms eating our own tails feeding on ourselves eachother soylent green is people and from death rises life effective poem from one meatpuppet to another -Michael