catalyst.

By past tense

She closes her eyes
like a frustrated man 
beats.his.head against brick walls:

 

hoping when he pulls back
there will be a [different] way
to the past.
 

but sometimes;
love doesn't prevail.
and the way she inhales
it's like bones

-cracking inside chests.
rib.cage crescendo, crushed
like words bear weight
under cinderblocks

 

-pens be damned-

 

this is life,
she screams [between] monologues
of fruit.less endeavour.ers
and her poetry
__falls__flat__
when she tries. 

 

So why try.

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Copyright 2012 past tense
Published on Monday, July 9, 2012.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • FadedBlues On Tuesday, July 10, 2012, FadedBlues (2172)By person wrote:

    ...for 1 who has known the passionate pleasure of writing as an art, & then to have lost that ability, there is no greater death...

  • A former member wrote: It's been a little while since I've been around these parts and reading this made me feel right at home, once again. So excellent in every way!

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