See You Next Tuesday (19th century Slaughter of Innocents)

By Clementine

She was like a blooming flower, amidst a bumblebee gangbang
so impervious, yet too delicate to even think about.
Conscious and vines,
wrapped within pines,
all inside this crosshair tabernacle tavern.

We watched her with her cadaverous swagger, jolt to the bartender and holler:
” I am hackneyed and blue-eyed, show me sufficiency!”
Thought and convergence,
intertwined with his
and we began, in a meade induced haze, to unravel her life.

She was a portrait painted in our heads, and the sun shone through, wherever we went.
Though, like most good things, bad things have better endings.
So sleight-of-hand,
and Gun in hand,
marching like deer in a peashooter parade.

What was thought, like the colloquial massacre, had rust and whiskey tied to the fringes.
Yet, this endeavor was passion-ridden and horseshoe-driven.
We are just saints,
angels in brown capes,
stealing her emotions, stealing her money.

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Copyright 2005 Clementine
Published on Sunday, May 1, 2005.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • stormtalk On Friday, June 24, 2005, stormtalk (729)By person wrote:

    Fucking lovely. I can't believe you didn't tell me you posted something new, mungfelcher.

  • Liz On Wednesday, June 22, 2005, Liz (267)By person wrote:

    So original and complex. I don't know how to tell you how much of this I understand without summarizing, but I feel as though I've just watched this happen in vivid detail.

  • A former member wrote: I don't know what to say, this was astounding, I loved it. I really don't know how to comment, besides just, great!

  • A former member wrote: that was a very intersting piece...in a good way. i enjoyed every part of it. nice description

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