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Conect11
Jan 15, 2009 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Attention Whore

Attentiondeficit
deficient
defused
shambling down
an icy street
a scene
eerily similiar
to past tragedies.
My ears eyes nose and throat
perk up,
why?
Oh why!
(emphasis added)
Why, that's what I
react to.I crave,save the day;I'm hungry and awakebut still...sated,full,fat,jolly and all that,a cat,a black cat to mixwith my calico kitten."Midnight."Like me,she is an attention whore,rubbing and purringon the first passerbythat offersaffection,attention,reaction,anger,love,anything to getout of the brutal coldof indifference.
— Conect11, Jan 15, 2009

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Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 4 months ago

Ummmmmm….

Ummmmmm.... indifference....such a cruel god. Reminds me of a scene in Fatal Attraction: "You will not ignore me". I hate being ignored. ;-) A masterful poem. ~A "All in all, it's just another brick in the wall." Pink Floyd There are no walls except for the ones we build. ~me~
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Conect11

17 years 4 months ago

perhaps

the biggest fear of a poet's isn't bad poetry, but indifference. Mark W.
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IKnowNoBox

17 years 4 months ago

Spare me the Fame..

I just want the Cash.. Spare me the Pillar.. I seek only Exaltation.. When attention is moderate it is welcome, but oh when we want privacy.. a thought provoking poem. In ink, Dabbler
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rosemary

17 years 4 months ago

The opposite of love isn’t

The opposite of love isn't hate - it's indifference. Reminds me, a little, of my Kitty Porn poem. ;) Interesting line spacing... why the double in the 2nd stanza? I'd like it better, I think, in single... -Rosemary Quite contrary Now get out of my garden
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Conect11

17 years 4 months ago

the spacing

was actually a formatting error that surprised me. Hmmm, perhaps I should fix it, lol! Mark W.
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

17 years 4 months ago

Mark

I had to laugh at the lines where you compared yourself to your cat, as I can't picture a grown man purring and rubbing up against a stranger. It put an amusing image of you butting your head against someone's palm, and meowing. I found a trivial error, along the lines of stupidity like "you didn't dot your i." If you want, I'll point it out, but only the truly anal would notice it anyway. :~) ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- -"And he talks to the river of lost love and dedication And silent replies that swirl invitation Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea A grim intimation of what is to be" - Pink Floyd