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March 21, 2010
By Junebug694 GOLD, Brentwood, Tennessee
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Junebug694 GOLD, Brentwood, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;there&#039;s only us; there&#039;s only this. forget regret, or life is yours to miss. no other road; no other way; no day but today.&quot; - rent<br /> &quot;to dare is to lose one&#039;s footing momentarily, not to dare is to lose oneself.&quot; -Soren Kierkegaard

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** Cigarette ** burns **
and
(((coffee stains)))
D|e|c|o|r|a|t|e these
__blank__sheets__
Where
&written words&
should be.

I g~a~z~e at them
For h-o-u-r-s at a time
!Calling! to the {{muse}}
And
b
e
g
g
I
n
g for ^inspiration^
to come.

But my mind remains
___empty___
And my thoughts remain
--s--t--i--l--l--
As I -wait- here
F o r e v e r
S
d
l
o
i
w
p
n
p
h

i
i

n
l

g
l

© Alexis B., Pittsburgh, PA

The author's comments:
my first concrete (dirtypretty) poem
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Junebug694 GOLD said...
on Apr. 14 2010 at 9:24 pm
Junebug694 GOLD, Brentwood, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;there&#039;s only us; there&#039;s only this. forget regret, or life is yours to miss. no other road; no other way; no day but today.&quot; - rent<br /> &quot;to dare is to lose one&#039;s footing momentarily, not to dare is to lose oneself.&quot; -Soren Kierkegaard

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ok i'm really sorry how the ending turned out, those last two words that got jumbled at the bottom are supposed to read "slipping downhill" in a slipping downhill manner