bathroom.stall [graffiti]

By Six-Out

.ifyoucanseethis.
[I'm not dreaming]


I don't dream in technicolor
because I like my rain to be the same grey
as what seeps from me when I bleed.
so at least a tiny. little. part of me.
will feel like it's- somehow
sent from above.

and I sleep in metaphor.
scribbling my messages on bathroom stalls
so that the walls will scream.
my meaning and I live in voids and venues
of pointless and poignant. freedom
is born of black on white.
as I speak graffiti-esque. like pen.stained
romances. on the back of.
old text books.

dirty.tile masterpieces
and felt tip to skin. I like to bleed ink
as black as my eyes in a silent movie.
mouthing words with fingers that speak louder.
than the shaking of my hands.
when the cigarettes calm everything but my nerves.

and I watch the rain coming down.
slight.splashes- painting the cement in ways
I could only dream. I spell out oblivion with candy.
apple greys and neon whites.
spilling lies like dried out markers
touching the panels of some forgotten building.
and I scream in broken hues.
as if my eyes were closed.


I live in fading romance.
where broken hearts look like split rocks.
and I'm left wondering what happened.
to my orange sunsets.

sometimes.
dreams. aren't all they're
cracked up to be.

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© 2006 Jon Rodgers
Published on Saturday, September 16, 2006.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: so very nice...*my brain loves this*

  • disposable On Friday, September 11, 2009, disposable (105)By person wrote:

    dreamy ;0)

  • KittyStryker On Sunday, October 1, 2006, KittyStryker (711)By person wrote:

    i spell out oblivion with candy too! do you stick with just one, or mix & match? i like to use twizzers and m&ms.

  • Kinkypoptart On Thursday, September 28, 2006, Kinkypoptart (555)By person wrote:

    -cough- i'm not crying... just so you know... This is beautiful sixxy. ~*~Tart~*~

  • PoeticHellion On Wednesday, September 20, 2006, PoeticHellion (191)By person wrote:

    Ohmygod. This is amazing. And I'm speechless. Again.

  • Dissolving Poet On Monday, September 18, 2006, Dissolving Poet (564)By person wrote:

    This was beautiful, I had so many emotion's bursting out of me I wouldn't be able to describe what this gave to me, I admire the structure and the way you played it out, it was a beat I soon to became obsessed with~Gothic

  • A former member wrote: jon, you're brilliant. this was amazing.

  • Cattarax On Sunday, September 17, 2006, Cattarax (215)By person wrote:

    I wish dreaming where fun .. maybe then I would want to sleep more .. I wish day dreaming where true maybe then I could feel .. thank you Jon ... another amazing work and a peek inside that mind of yours ~T~

  • carlosjackal On Sunday, September 17, 2006, carlosjackal (3010)By person wrote:

    This is an amazing outsider poem. You can feel the desolation seeping in black and white from between the lines and the colours of desperation in the protaganist's graffiti art. Loved it.

  • A former member wrote: The first two lines alone hooked me and reeled me in. Grand stuff...

  • A former member wrote: explosive.

  • sIo On Sunday, September 17, 2006, sIo (926)By person wrote:

    ...

  • Thorn On Sunday, September 17, 2006, Thorn (283)By person wrote:

    Damn. Everything about this is simply incredible. The wording, the imagery... I love it.


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