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November Rituals
By Rachel
I watch fat girls in the too-small diner booth
raise cigarettes to their lips like synchronized swimmers.
They wait to be loved by someone.anyone.
I wait for a heart attack.
Your face appears in a curl of smoke I pretend not to see
as Annual November Rituals drain my pen and empathy.
I will not think about you today.
No. I will leave a rose on your doorstep and forget.
Last year's promises enforce this and next year-
Next year I won't even write you.
You've been dead far too long to deserve my mourning
song and I forgot the words.
A lost cause for a lost boy.
Instead I will drink myself to apathy.
Toast the sky and new love reciprocated,
with a smile on my lips all the while.
I've more important things to think about than
years I can't count on one hand.
And next year-
Next year I won't even write you.
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© 2006 Rachel
Published on Friday, November 17, 2006.
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On Sunday, July 20, 2014, Star
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wrote:
I'm speechless. Congrats on POTD!
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On Sunday, July 20, 2014, Lux
(299) wrote:
I have no comment, no proper comment to give. Other than ouch, my feels.
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On Sunday, July 20, 2014, Magdalena
(615) wrote:
It makes me think, if you say it enough times, it will instill so deep, that next year, you won't.... I wonder if you did... This is a great piece of writing and well deserved of POTD.
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A former member wrote:
I'm not always good at trying to leave what sounds genuine, it all sounds the same as the last...but I really liked this, it was awesome.
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On Thursday, January 11, 2007, Grim_Sorrow
(75) wrote:
once more, a beautifull write.
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A former member wrote:
This was amazing, i'll be looking forward to going through each one of your poems.
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On Wednesday, December 20, 2006, Jonas
(720) wrote:
what can be said but this, i was left smiling and with a feeling of comraderie in the words left here
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On Saturday, December 16, 2006, urbanhumility
(1175) wrote:
the intelligent realization of moving to serve ones own happiness.............so very well spoken........urban
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A former member wrote:
i loved this. i was intwined with every word. wonderfully written.
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A former member wrote:
that last line was a a killer..this is beautifully sad. you're amazing.
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On Friday, November 17, 2006, verablue
(111) wrote:
stunning! i love the ending. "as Annual November Rituals drain my pen and empathy"-beautiful line!
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On Friday, November 17, 2006, Brimstone
(12) wrote:
Mmm. The Dead Moon moves you, the dead boy? He's just a boy, after all... Superbly captivating, I taste and toast this work.
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On Friday, November 17, 2006, elisa
(1616) wrote:
the culmination of an endless... climatic season........ finally laid to rest within the pressed pages......... bound in resolution.... very nice.
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