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The Crippled Spectacle

Don't let me linger
somewhere in my own matter
be a sore to my own eye
if I have grown slightly dim witted
or visually dilapidated
crippled by time
don't hold me a patient in asylum
to be figured out like titicut follies
allow I beg me some dignity
if the forward years are unkind
scaring one with cruelty
then allow death to sit upon my step
may I petition the world to be hurled
out of the rotten bowels of society
to be remembered a muse

© 2009 Lepadah
— Lepadah, Oct 19, 2009

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Country/Region: New York

Favorite Poets: Rumi, Gil Scott Heron, Felipe Luciano, Walt Whitman, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Neruda, Walker, Troupe, James Baldwin etc . . .list endless

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Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 7 months ago

hello

I liked your title and thought it quite appropriate for this piece. I really liked the way you ended the poem, with a light at the end of the tunnel. To be allowed to keep our dignity in the end would be a wonderful gift. Always, Cat
Lepadah

Lepadah

16 years 7 months ago

Re: Comment

Hello Cat, It is an unfortunate dilemma we must acknowledge. I never gave much credence to heaven or hell but cherish the thought of a quality life with yes dignity at the end. Thanks for your kind words and I appreciate the read. Peace Lepadah