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| Entomb my apology | 1 |
in the casket of your memory | 2 |
of me. | 3 |
Water it, shelter it, | 4 |
do not let it die, | 5 |
like the gardening of sorrow | 6 |
among the flowers | 7 |
you tend. | 8 |
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Use my hate | 9 |
to criticize | 10 |
the hatred that ruled your | 11 |
ideologies. | 12 |
Forgive my stupidity, | 13 |
for it blinded the will | 14 |
that I had left behind | 15 |
to fatten | 16 |
what will descend. | 17 |
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Use my greed | 18 |
to stabilize | 19 |
the wealth of our family, | 20 |
and let it rise | 21 |
to a better future, | 22 |
than the one of my ancestors. | 23 |
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In the voices of the eulogy, | 24 |
explain | 25 |
that my fatal habit | 26 |
to kill compassion | 27 |
was a mistake; | 28 |
for through my shrouded eyes, | 29 |
I see what you have done for me— | 30 |
no more do I bury its gleaming care. | 31 |
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20 Oct 05 |
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i can't believe no one's commented on this.
— unknown
i can.
— unknown
i don't even care if people comment on this, unknowns.
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I see here why you got my piece called contrast to odiousness, you are well aquainted with the use of contrasting metaphors to seed your Poetic purpose. It is something I'm only lately experimenting with yet you seem quite comfortable with the wordplay. I look to reading further ...
— AlchemiA
i care a lot about what you say.
good luck with your experimentation. i'm sure it will culminate nicely.
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in line 28, it should be were. grammar wise..
— CrudeEcstasy
Wah! This made me want to cry. How sad to be too late to make amends or see the truth.
— Isabelle5
thanks CrudeEcstasy. i fixed that. i am a little worried now, that i missed that, because this was published in a hopeless little literary magazine, with that mistake ... but i see how right you are, and i do hope nobody notices ...
thanks, however, for noticing.
Isabelle, i am indeed sorry; but, as an author i try to appeal to emotions ... though, i suppose there isn't much too appealing if i make you ready to ...
well, anyway. enough of that.
thanks, the both of you. really appreciate it.
— listen
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