sisyphus' son (or the pebble not quite a boulder)

By theBAC

magazine glory doll
with the new york
wall street clown
take a chance and think
stop and drink in your surroundings
see the talent boy
with the hip hop vibes
the uptown girl
with the drugstore style
the aristocrat panhandler
dealing in flesh
the trailer park heartthrob
with pecs to check
your mate
midwestern prom queen
with dreams to be a mother
and a brother in the army
wanting to be back home
the drifter who roams
from place to place
seeing face to face
eye to eye
and smoking the weed that’s laced
seeing the colors never known
don’t forget the weepy poet
sitting at a table
in the coffeehouse
with nothing to do but write
about what he’s not
who he’s never met
and what he’ll never see
but he’ll be writing
when you’re all dying
its the only way
he knows how to be

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Copyright 2004 Brett Alan Coker
Published on Tuesday, March 16, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Reefer_rave On Tuesday, August 14, 2007, Reefer_rave (146)By person wrote:

    Catchy, I like it

  • Spikes_of_Blue On Wednesday, July 7, 2004, Spikes_of_Blue (42)By person wrote:

    wow i like this one...such great imagery...fantastic...

  • AshtrayDirt On Wednesday, March 17, 2004, AshtrayDirt (31)By person wrote:

    i like this one a lot too. I wanted to know Have you read "the myth of sisyphus" by albert camus? if you haven't you should.

  • nell On Tuesday, March 16, 2004, nell (271)By person wrote:

    true in many ways, alot os us know nothing but writting but i wouldn't say that we write about what we don't have;) the whole build up in this was wicked, the images you created had a great impact

  • yslehc On Wednesday, March 17, 2004, yslehc (334)By person wrote:

    hmm that was a rather interesting write.. and yes, excellent imagery

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