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Nevermore

April 6, 2015
By omicron GOLD, East Brunswick, New Jersey
omicron GOLD, East Brunswick, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
Average attracts average. I want you to be allergic to average. Only then will you be successful-Eric Thomas


i.

t.h.e.r.e.w.a.s.o.n.c.e.a.m.a.n.
w.h.o.i.l.o.v.e.d.
b.u.t.w.h.o.h.e.l.o.v.e.d.
w.a.s.a.w.o.m.a.n.s.o.
i.r.i.d.d.l.e.d.m.y.s.el.f.w.i.t.h.
t.h.e.s.e.p.e.r.i.o.d.s.
t.h.e.y.c.a.l.l.b.u.l.l.e.t.s.

 

ii.

the teenage poet finds
a treasure box-rather not;
it is an old book of faded
warmth, and glory-but look!
actual words, with meaning.

 

“Nevermore” shouts Poe,
as Frost contemplates which
road to take, and Langston Hughes
humors politics and per-haps freedom,

 

not lovey dovey b******* us
teenagers call poetry.

 

iii.

my memories are rather
anachronistic,
sadistic, perhaps, as well,
and they dot the landscape of my brain
with fleeting words:
        love
friends
            coffee
movie
                       breath
          fake
  mornings
                        bagels
              real
  homo
                 perhaps
sexual
                         counting
                  the
      pedals
  of
the
                 flower
           you
held
  not
                    for
   me
                but
for
                        your
          new
     

girlfriend.

 

iv.
I wonder what ee cumings was thinking
when he butchered the words so-
cutting them into pieces so that
his poetry was choppy and gnarled
like my damaged heart.

 

I try to relate these things
in the form of poetry
and prose,
but I end up rambling
of roads less traveled, politics,
and per-haps freedom,

 

Because when it comes to love
I simply shout,
“Nevermore.”


The author's comments:

This was inspired by personal internal struggle, fighting through confusion regarding sexual identity, as well as typical teen relationship anxieties. It's very angsty, probably due to my frustrations in relationships, and it also draws upon some of my favorite poets. 


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