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The Calm Before Chaos, and I've Put my Bachelors to Bed
By Mute Serenade
It's 4am
Somewhere, I'm sure
It's a different time everywhere-
This house, of clocks
Blinking away...
The windows,
Everywhere else, I'm sure
Stay intact, it's different somewhere
This house, this breeze
Chattering teeth in quiet rooms.
Blood on everything
Anywhere else, I'm sure
Sleeps sometime, like clockwork
We never bothered to set ours
Broken glass everywhere.
Black lights no longer distinguish
Blood from tears from sex
Said sacred brethren
No longer distinguish
Truth from Lies.
Everything has broken,
In away or another
We have lost interest
In stopping breezes,
Mending wounds,
and waking up on time.
I awake
To find all of is
All of this
Just blinking away...
(Ode to the house I protected from 18 year old Boys, our house, that seldom
slept...)
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Copyright 2004 Mute Serenade
Published on Tuesday, May 18, 2004.
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On Saturday, May 22, 2004, capt_funguy
(777)
wrote:
ode to a "living: space ., a space thats a character in the movie ... utterly sweet , with razor sharp observations .. the blinking clocks , the breezy livingroom ... the disrepair ... the love ... the house is like ratso rizzo in midnight cowboy ... sho
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On Saturday, May 22, 2004, capt_funguy
(777) wrote:
shot to hell ... but gotta love it ... too many clocks to set ... stains to remove , drawers to close ... leave it and marvel at it ... amazing piece ... funguy
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On Friday, May 21, 2004, Anth
(1126) wrote:
this captures a time i can recognize from my past and echoes the feelings of which youve displayed in the most haunting way to capture the fears felt under such times,powerful and elegantly portrayed
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On Tuesday, May 18, 2004, KittyStryker
(710) wrote:
oooooh. very nicely written. haunting is a good word for the way this touches the reader.
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On Tuesday, May 18, 2004, sixsixnine
(476) wrote:
this is a very cool piece i like your style * i'll be sure to check the rest of it out somtime***669***
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On Tuesday, May 18, 2004, OLd SouL
(717) wrote:
I'm not quite sure what to say. This is haunting. I really like the 'I'm sure' part in the first three stanzas I would have liked to see that repeat again in the last stanza. Excellent write. :::OLd
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