| Luring the Child, This Dragon
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| I don’t | 1 |
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recall the phony | 2 |
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conversation with | 3 |
the wise and plastic | 4 |
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metaphors, the metaphysical, pyre | 5 |
metric cool fire, and heat | 6 |
burning smoke to a ruined core, | 7 |
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or | 8 |
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blue center of a frozen stick | 9 |
that moves to match the | 10 |
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rhythms of the youth’s voice, | 11 |
hypnotic, cold, and yet | 12 |
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luring the | 13 |
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voice on the other side, | 14 |
the dragon’s voice, the | 15 |
anger, | 16 |
the clangor that | 17 |
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beats up the pulp of the ranger, | 18 |
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a stranger—and why | 19 |
was his | 20 |
wooing, | 21 |
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words so calm at first? | 22 |
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31 Jan 06 |
Rated 8.7 (8.7) by 3 users.
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awesome format. reads like a sing-song-rap kinda thing...
— unknown
thanks.
— listen
oh wow
i wish i had a dragon sometimes.
nice stuff.
— jittery
wow. brilliant piece, listen. i love the images and the flow.
except, the last two lines.
would you consider:
a stranger--and why
were
his wooring words
so calm at first?
thanks.
— varun
5-7 is incredibulouzing.
— varun
wooing*
— varun
The imagery carries this mysterious poem that flows down the page. This is fine work
— larrylark
thanks guys. (again.) really appreciate the encouragement, as encouragement is always appreciated.
i wanted that little bit to read like, wooing as a noun and separate from the noun-line words so calm at first. i like your consideration but what is here says what i want it to, which is a problem, because i like your little tweak.
larry, your complement is great. nice to have this under here. once again, thanks everyone. jittery, i can only hope you are sincere, which i'm sure you are, as how wouldn't you be with such an optimistic name such as jittery?
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