As it is?

By seafret

Sun, 03 Nov 2013

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7 comments

The washed-clean world wavers, dips,
Shakes itself legitimate
Spits out a hen's tooth, a curate's egg, a unicorn embryo
Denies the night before
The fake blood caked mud pound shop gore
Roars "I am the world reborn in mist and hint of frost

I am substantial. Lost souls are banished.

Famished ghosts consigned out of sight out of mind.

I stand for the right, napped children in daylight. Sweat shops

Where toil can be quantified. Deep fried foods.

Teacher's wages.

See me, I am real."

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Thank you for the Cherries,

Permalink Submitted by seafret on Sun, 2013-11-03 12:11

Thank you for the Cherries, they made my day!

Great poem, seafret! Love

Permalink Submitted by Luke Neima on Sun, 2013-11-03 16:24

Great poem, seafret! Love these lines:

'Denies the night before
The fake blood caked mud pound shop gore'

Great halloween rhyming.

Glad I stumbled across this one - Luke

I liked this. A lot of pure

Permalink Submitted by KateReamer on Sun, 2013-11-03 18:07

I liked this. A lot of pure insight which just makes the poem that much better.

Kate

Thank you Luke and Kate, I

Permalink Submitted by seafret on Mon, 2013-11-04 07:19

Thank you Luke and Kate, I appreciate your comments. It all came out in a splurge so I wasn't sure if it would make sense to others. It's good of you to take the time to let me know it "might" be vaguely understandable!

Your play with fantasy and

Permalink Submitted by VeraClark on Mon, 2013-11-04 17:56

Your play with fantasy and reality makes some sharp contrasts. The succint style works well.

I liked this when I first

Permalink Submitted by scratch on Mon, 2013-11-04 18:25

I liked this when I first read it and I still like it now. Really good poem.

Hey, Scratch, thank you! And

Permalink Submitted by seafret on Tue, 2013-11-12 20:23

Hey, Scratch, thank you! And VeraClark. Thanks for taking the time to comment.