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rabid midnight miscalculations under a streetlamp

fuck you and your little dog, too
I've had enough--you can't
force me to submit, I don't
run around in circles chasing
my own tale and I
sure as hell don't carry any
sad tunes to play on my itty bitty
violin, what makes you think
you can pick me up like some
kind of  raccoon-eyed streetwalker?
me under
the lamplight, looking for a key
to what the Pandora in me has opened
a thousand times before, trust me,
there wasn't anything in there but a
few poets dwindling away the dull day,
and if you should come back again
like a needle to a thread, I'll stitch
up your mouth
so you'll never have
anything more to say;
what is mine alone to brush away--
these sodden words of love
like so much dirt over freshly dug graves
flowers already wilting, our names
not yet engraved.

I am foaming at the mouth with memories.
I abhor their emptiness and

I don't know how to end this poem.











— Kailashana, Jan 07, 2010

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Seren

Seren

16 years 5 months ago

Dearest Mum

You ended it with a crushing feeling ... my god its just brilliant ... your are on a tear and then all of a sudden its like the situation overcomes you ... your ending is perfect anyone that doesnt like it ... I am going to be a lady and leave that unanswered lol love you Mum and you just inspired me .... for the millionth time lol
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 5 months ago

Hahaha! And I’ll tell

Hahaha! And I'll tell 'em *tale* is intentional. This poem was about so many ghosts coming up again. Michael's, my aloneness, my ongoing battle with feelings of being a not-good-enough poet and human being, all these voices! True to form, something else will capture my attention soon enough, thank God. How are you Jayne? Did you start reading yet? You kno that you're giving me a big head, and that to inspire another is the greatest gift we have to give. Most of us are too busy condemning. Love, Mum
Seren

Seren

16 years 5 months ago

I think that there is one

I think that there is one thing all poets share ... empathy ... we can all touch in a way other people cant ... if you ever have doubts just read some of your old stuff and it will remind you just how fucking awesome a poet you are .. I am doing ok ... tired but cant sleep still lol ... going back down to the city tomorrow and then well see whats happening ... no fat ladies singing here ;) love you big time Jayne-Chloe x x x and btw my thousand sighs poem ?? you inspired that one as well lol just thought you might like to know that ... dont try and walk outside today pmsl !! love ya ;) P.S remember the sighs comments we left on robknotts poem ??? thats when you inspired the thousand sighs :)
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 5 months ago

I wrote a poem some time

I wrote a poem some time ago--the last line was *All I have left is a sigh*... and I use sigh as a metaphor quite often. I think poets come by it honestly. Something I wanted to mention for a while, keep forgetting, the poetry muse abused me about 5 years ago... at that time I often wrote 10 poems a day or more and was doing a million things all at the same time..the energy was so high and I rarely had anything more than cat naps here or there. I slept with my laptop (sniff!), the creative juices were so overwhelming. Ahh, those were the days... and I was in love (with a poet, damn him anyway). ;-) Hugs of love, mum
docmaverick

docmaverick

16 years 5 months ago

And well....

...by golly, it was a darned good a place as any, to come to an end. Well done ! I enjoyed the read. "Write on"! sincerely, #{:-{)}8==== docmaverick.
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 5 months ago

Your f big head is flowering

Your f big head is flowering with exotic blooming blooms my sister.......... I have to get lunch NOW so will be back in time for tea with you, I am coming in my imagination over to you to dance with you in your rhetoric puddle and that is such a turn on, love to you deareast Anna.
Pamela A. Lamppa

Pamela A. Lamppa

16 years 5 months ago

Jaw drops, hits floor...

Wow. This is a wonderfully powerful emotive rant with delicious internal rhyme in all the right places for some heavy duty impact. End it at "emptiness" There wouldn't be a soul out there who wouldn't "get it" if you did. That opening line compels the reader to follow and once in - YOU ARE IN. Excellent. ~Pamela
B

bjp

16 years 5 months ago

Dear Anna,

Something great canters here! Love it. "I am foaming at the mouth with memories./ I abhor their emptiness and/ I don’t know how to end this poem." Pretty damn good ending. Brian
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 5 months ago

Returning to the scene of

Returning to the scene of the crime, I thank all those who are stopped to watch the pile up. lol. Hope all are staying warm, or cool as the weather and emotions may warrant. ;-) ~Anna
I

Idlemindwondering

16 years 5 months ago

There are few places where

There are few places where obscene words can be used correctly and even less to begin a poem. Here you have ranted and yet never crossed into exasperation, never reached unreasonable or or strayed from articulate. I think we all, The artistic, I mean, have found our own harsh street lights glairing upon our weaknesses. exceptional work poet!
O

Orphani

16 years 5 months ago

It must have felt good

Ouch.It must have felt good sending this avalanche down the mountain. Talk to you as soon as I dig myself out.It wouldn't have been so sad if they were rocks; but you have to bring the dog into it? What a poet!What a passion! what a mouth!B
weirdelf

weirdelf

16 years 5 months ago

Mais oui!

What else is there to say? You resonate through all the spheres. Cheers, Jess, reprehensibly irrepressible
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 5 months ago

Dear L… I have an on-going

Dear L... I have an on-going battle with those who think submission in any way shape or form including but not limited to God or man is a requirement for something or another. Dear B... All connotations of dog are suitable here. Dear J... Ever...on the same page. With love to all, Anna
themoonman

themoonman

16 years 5 months ago

Anna...

how wonderful your words cut and slice... I would be more than happy to throw rocks at that streetlight for ya... loved this Anna! Richard
themoonman

themoonman

16 years 5 months ago

oh yes...

I can see your reluctance but they love you there, I have not been in a while but was thinking about it yesterday actually. post it and I'll go and comment there too... you should never doubt your voice dear Anna, it is gorgeous!
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Lunegirl

16 years 5 months ago

OOOOOOOOH i wish i knew

OOOOOOOOH i wish i knew enough about poetry to answer on a technical level but i ddon't so instead i can comment about what i feel, your poetry is amazing and it inspires me to!! You seem like a strong fiesty woman and you make me laugh at the most unexpected of things. vix xxx
D

Damo

16 years 5 months ago

It’s clear the anger was

It's clear the anger was intended - I hope the humour was too... laughter is humanity's cure-all.... A well constructed piece and a great read...
O

orgami

16 years 5 months ago

righteous anger

wow intense and exciting and just Wow!