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Description
(sea) urchins crawl back to sleep ina forgotten embrace,
shelled by the bombs of a salty
tide they escaped for now, for then;
sitting on the granite benches,
they wonder at the diffused
light that molests their eyes.
futile to escape,
yet the cannonballs of their tears
bleed down the rugged cracks
of the cliff faces -
run, run, run,
until the man whips the flight
from your wings,
little shrew,
little bird.
did you fight till the beginning?
did you run past the end?
whisper words of wisdom -
of comfort, and dream of the bells
on a hill that you could never see.
but the beatles are beetles and
they're clawing their way up along
with the other man-monsters,
climbing the dips and curves and valleys
of your waist till they reach Neverland
(this will never grow old)
it sleeps for now.
it will awaken again.
ignore it, refuse it,
and it will pervade your skin
as easily as the rust from his
Midas' touch -
but all that glitters
is not gold,
and you are no longer precious.
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Comments: 9
Sesquipedaliaphile [2009-12-11 00:07:39 +0000 UTC]
I like how the water flowing down the rocks is described as the tears of the stranded urchins.
Also, I liked the clever use of anti-clichΓ©s.
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TerraGabriella [2009-06-09 04:16:28 +0000 UTC]
The way you describe it is great, I really liked it
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Prosaic-Scriptor In reply to TerraGabriella [2009-06-11 21:42:05 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much!
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pardonM3 [2009-06-09 00:41:57 +0000 UTC]
ignore it, refuse it,
and it will pervade your skin
as easily as the rust from his
Midas' touch -
That part was particularly well-crafted.
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Prosaic-Scriptor In reply to pardonM3 [2009-06-11 21:42:20 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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chief-spazz [2009-06-08 16:59:46 +0000 UTC]
I understand now. It's the sea. It's kind of like a riddle.
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chief-spazz [2009-06-08 06:03:12 +0000 UTC]
the imagery is spectacular, and its one of those things that people could spend hours trying to understand, because it doesn't make a whole lot of sense reading in the first time.
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gliitchlord [2009-06-08 05:33:22 +0000 UTC]
I think it likes its epicness.
Very excitingly written.
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Prosaic-Scriptor In reply to gliitchlord [2009-09-28 03:11:00 +0000 UTC]
Well, thank you!
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