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Oscillations, aftershocks by ~pardonM3:iconpardonM3:



I.
My head weighs ten pounds. Somehow
your body weighs less.

II.
It was too easy to rattle your bones.
I would play simple melodies on your ribcage
but you could touch so much more
with nimble fingers licking piano keys
catching the cadence of forgotten rhythms
in your sleep. They said you never made a
sound.

III.
I never understood harmonics.
They slip away softly in the night
like stolen teeth and memories of you.

IV.
In my dreams
you're always screaming.
Does that sickle smile mean you're happy now?

V.
I am nothing if
I am not. I am
no such thing.

VI.
I laughed at your funeral.
©2008-2009 ~pardonM3
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Will be in the December 2009 issue of Sparkbright.
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EDIT: It's a DD!
Many thanks to ~chugglepuff for suggesting it, and `lovetodeviate for featuring it.

Thank you all who stopped by to read, comment, or fave.
It means a lot.

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08. harmonic
Daily Deviation, 2008-07-15

Daily DeviationOf Oscillations, aftershocks, the suggestor says, "*pardonM3 explores loss, guilt and memory without being clichéd in this poem rich in strong imagery and unusual phrases. The emotion in this made me shiver." (Suggested by *chugglepuff and Featured by `lovetodeviate)

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II is my favorite

xo!

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interested in collaborating?
writer, photographer, painter, whatever(er) -
I'll mix with words with anything you've got.
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Very eerie. I like it :)

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god likes to make cameo appearances in my poetry
Thanks. I was in a strange mood when I wrote it...
3rd stanza is simply amazing. i love this piece :heart:

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Don't think cause I understand, I care.
Don't think cause I'm talkin, we're friends.
Wow, thank you for loving (and faving) it.

:hug:
you're welcome ;) :heart: :smooch:

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Don't think cause I understand, I care.
Don't think cause I'm talkin, we're friends.
god, and you compliment me!

this is beautiful. i have to second *YouInventedMe and say that II is my favorite.

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dark pictures, thrones, the stones that pilgrims kiss,
poems that take a thousand years to die;
but ape the immortality of this
red label on a little butterfly.
-vladimir nabokov
with nimble fingers licking piano keys
catching the cadence of forgotten rhythms


=):heart:

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There are none as blind as those who do not want to see.

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