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Katy's picture

I didn't want to say it
as much as you
didn't want to
listen, but I did
and words spoken back
would have been good to hear.

Rather than pavement conceding under
rubber tires that spent
one too many times
driving cowardly around
and around my block, the same tires
controlled by feet that
could have walked up my doorstep,
could have walked through my door.

Did I ever mention I went to the creek;
saw you,
saw those tires and those feet and
saw me, or where I
should have been,
used to be.
I kept driving.

And I'm sure you turned around,
sure you heard my tires
scarring roads you drove
thousands of times,
eyes set ahead but not on anything,
really. It can't be
that easy
to block me out.

SnowStars's picture

This is a very good piece,

Submitted by SnowStars on August 13, 2008 - 14:26.

This is a very good piece, full of understated emotion.
Spectaculicious!
:)SnowStars

Poet_Jessica's picture

i love your new pic. its

Submitted by Poet_Jessica on August 13, 2008 - 15:20.

i love your new pic. its very happy and i like happy things :)
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Last night in my bed, I stared up at the stars in the sky and thought, "WHERE THE HELL IS THE CEILING?!"

hahaa i love that quote...

SnowStars's picture

Thank you! Daisies are my

Submitted by SnowStars on August 15, 2008 - 13:57.

Thank you! Daisies are my symbol; I love to wear one behind my ear...
:)SnowStars
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Insanity is an impression I like to cultivate. It keeps normal people away.

Poet_Jessica's picture

i like making daisy crowns

Submitted by Poet_Jessica on August 15, 2008 - 17:10.

i like making daisy crowns and wearing them all day long.

nice signature by the way. i agree.
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Last night in my bed, I stared up at the stars in the sky and thought, "WHERE THE HELL IS THE CEILING?!"

hahaa i love that quote...

NonSequitur's picture

So fluent. It flows very

Submitted by NonSequitur on August 15, 2008 - 17:24.

So fluent. It flows very well, and I love the repeated words. Also, in the last stanza, you could not have used a better word than "scarring". Good choice; it's perfect.

Great job.

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"You poor, simple fools...thinking you could defeat me, ME, the Mistress of All Evil!"

Katy's picture

Awe thank you :)

Submitted by Katy on August 15, 2008 - 22:37.

Awe thank you :)

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