smoking poetry paper like cheap cigars.
By Six-Out
I
am
falling
apart.
and I can't seem to fit words into the cracks
like so many times before. maybe I've been glued
by metaphor so many times. that
the descent.
broke me. beyond repair.
or maybe.
I'm just slowly working my way
into reality. and it's a place I never wanted
to visit to begin with.
and it hurts.
that's it. it hurts.
so I write. and I throw it away.
in hopes that everything.
that I felt when I wrote it. would go
with it. but then when the pen stops moving.
I'm left. with paper
riddled with dead stars in the form
of black.ink.words.
in short. the writing doesn't help.
and I'm here. needing sleep.
two cigarettes short of finishing a pack.
and. I give up.
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© 2008 Jon Rodgers
Published on Monday, January 7, 2008.
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On Friday, September 4, 2015, 10 Forty Three
(593) wrote:
That was brilliant!
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On Wednesday, September 14, 2011, Devilish
(2662) wrote:
Oh how I know the feeling!!! Two cigarettes short of finishing a pack! Hell yeah! and i give up... Lovely!
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On Wednesday, September 14, 2011, Beautiful Incidental
(39) wrote:
ah yes.... the words and the cigarettes. ironic, isn't it?
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A former member wrote:
wow. the depth of this poem just screams from the screen. the emotion is mind blasting. write on... and on and on and on. :)
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On Saturday, January 17, 2009, technicolour-girl
(22) wrote:
what a phenomenal write
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On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, disposable
(105) wrote:
adore the still lonelieness of this. id say more but i dont think i can do it justice. write on...
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On Tuesday, August 19, 2008, Morbid_insanity
(75) wrote:
i wish i could express to you how awesome you are. like the way you right capture the emotions i wish i could write.
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A former member wrote:
perfection can only be descovered by the unperfect.
beautiful.
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On Wednesday, February 20, 2008, AniDayz
(820) wrote:
your intoxifying fingers wrap themselves around my flesh yet again...
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On Tuesday, February 5, 2008, italianbella
(185) wrote:
you have such an amazing way with words this as amazing
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On Friday, January 25, 2008, totaltrip
(36) wrote:
most definitely wow-inducing!
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On Tuesday, January 22, 2008, Niemand
(361) wrote:
*sighs* Just plain brilliant-ness...-Gin
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On Monday, March 31, 2008, Reefer_rave
(146) wrote:
agreed
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On Thursday, January 17, 2008, Narcissa
(404) wrote:
Damn!
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A former member wrote:
I have been feeling this same way for a long, long time. I just haven't found a way to say it yet, although I don't smoke, I found myself suddenly wanting to the other day. Thank you for speaking somewhat for me. It's good. Really good.
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On Thursday, January 10, 2008, Bella Butchery
(724) wrote:
doin it again
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On Thursday, January 10, 2008, Six-Out
(1435) wrote:
and what would that be?
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On Tuesday, January 15, 2008, Bella Butchery
(724) wrote:
making my writes feel shallow... you have a certain way of empathizing your pieces... wonderfull
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On Wednesday, January 9, 2008, Dei
(665) wrote:
Sweet Jon, It isnt in your nature to just give up. No matter how much you want to
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On Tuesday, January 8, 2008, Army Barbie
(324) wrote:
You are what keeps me coming back to dp.
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On Tuesday, January 8, 2008, sIo
(926) wrote:
wait until the ink clogs up, the paper crumbles, and yours hands cramp up....your mind is jumbled, and your lips are dry....your eyes blink over and you've nothing to write.
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On Monday, January 7, 2008, glasshouse
(548) wrote:
Wow indeed. How excruciatingly painful to read. But, in your usual idiom, pain written like beauty and not like torture. Well done. Very sad to read. Damn. --Jes
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On Monday, January 7, 2008, Alanarchy
(1200) wrote:
Jon.
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On Monday, January 7, 2008, Anth
(1133) wrote:
theres no need for long comments with you, its up there, i read it, its truly brilliant.
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On Monday, January 7, 2008, What Limes
(64) wrote:
wow
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On Monday, January 7, 2008, Dysphoria
(88) wrote:
This blew me away, you're words are fucking amazing. I don't think there is a word to describe how I feel about this. It's beautiful and it moves me in a way that almost makes me want to cry. This is definatly going on my favorites. -Justina
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A former member wrote:
It's simple, clear and emphatic. the placement of the punctuation makes the tone of the words come through that much more clearly. this is really good. nothing wasted, everything in its right place. I like it!