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42 Grams
By carlosjackal
My flesh shall rot
So tattoo my bones
From skull to toe
Let not
One white dot
Show through the colour
And let not
These chains
Piercing
My face
To yours
And yours
To mine
Ever break
Ever part
The blood swept from our hearts
No
Our 42 grams shall fly these shells
Our flesh shall rot
But our bones remain as legacy
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© 2021 Carl Denyer
Published on Friday, August 10, 2007.
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On Saturday, January 18, 2020, Phalanx
(677)
wrote:
Evidence of the soul makes us believe or at the very least, think. Nice work, my friend.
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On Saturday, September 2, 2017, Mute Serenade
(445) wrote:
I'm sauntering through your oldies little by little. Wowsers. Good on great ;)
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A former member wrote:
"So tattoo my bones", bones are the one thing that we all have in common in the end when it all rots away. If only we really could tattoo our bones, right? This was indeed short, but it packed a powerful punch. Thank you for writing this, friend! Queen Reb:).
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A former member wrote:
Legendary Status. Flesh and Blood Fades but I never wont. Nicely written.
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On Sunday, July 31, 2011, Alchemist
(688) wrote:
I loved it, its a different type poem for the soul so you have to admire a fresh new approach.
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On Wednesday, May 25, 2011, Devilish
(2658) wrote:
Wow! Short, wicked, sweet, to the point. I love it!
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On Tuesday, May 12, 2009, Stranger
(264) wrote:
Great concept. For me, the words come easy. Its the content that is the hard part. And this is rich with it. The imagery is hauntingly beautiful as well.
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On Friday, May 8, 2009, ALBATROSS
(197) wrote:
It's amazing how so many people write on this same topic yet you conveyed it in a way that entraps your attention and emotion still. You have talent.
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A former member wrote:
A calling card of skeletal ink, our souls will travel, our memory may fade, but our bones shall remain signature
of the marrow we split,...one for the tombstone.
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On Friday, December 19, 2008, technicolour-girl
(22) wrote:
epic
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On Sunday, August 19, 2007, Dancing_Monkey
(1246) wrote:
42 grams, the death of two people. You and your soon to be wife perhaps. I have re read this many times. It brings alot in few words. A wonder of writes
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On Wednesday, August 15, 2007, NikesRain
(1298) wrote:
this feels like it should be read from a stage, like mcbeth, booming in a strong voice filling a theatre as the audience is stuck silent in rapt attention.....nicely done indeed
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A former member wrote:
these words are rupturing inside my head...oh the humanity!
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On Sunday, August 12, 2007, Mylissa
(845) wrote:
this brings me to tears, not sure if it is my mental state at this point but it touches me deeply.
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On Sunday, August 12, 2007, Mylissa
(845) wrote:
thank you again.
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On Sunday, August 12, 2007, carlosjackal
(3012) wrote:
Aw..shucks :) No worries, I'm just chuffed it touched you so deeply.
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On Monday, September 24, 2007, The Zebra Warrior
(1521) wrote:
chuffed?!?! Hah! Your secrets out!!! You're really...a fookin northerner!!!! *pisses himself*
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On Sunday, August 12, 2007, Dancing_Monkey
(1246) wrote:
42 grams *Nods* A wonder of writes. You should make a book , a small one but still a book
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On Sunday, August 12, 2007, capt_funguy
(778) wrote:
awesome ever forever .. i love this love - and this'll stay etched in my brain .. i see this clearly ... cool man ... funguy
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A former member wrote:
brilliant; a scrimshaw of words and bellies full of imagery. .. ..
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On Friday, August 10, 2007, Alanarchy
(1200) wrote:
=) One day you will die and somehow, something's gonna steal your carbon...
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