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ghetto wife
By odetobarbie
used love
came second-hand
worn unwashed
naively living
grinning
in dime-store morals
oh yes, she's out there
in the kiddie pool
tired
like piss-poor desolation
flashing peace signs
into glaucoma eyes
watching lovely detached
words arrive
via fedex
ill-dignity reflects
pooling overstatements
long drawn & drowned
leaving pale
blue lips eternal
kissed in forgiveness
fucked by shame
through bugs
and unbathed hip-hop
she wants to be wanted
and nevertheless
wants it from him
splashing backward
through murky relations
hunting for time
when love was ever enough
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© 2007 odetobarbie
Published on Friday, January 26, 2007.
Filed under:
"Poetry"
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On Wednesday, February 4, 2009, urbanhumility
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wrote:
these words dis-arm me..... you write with intelligent savvy......well done! urban
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On Sunday, March 25, 2007, capt_funguy
(778) wrote:
this is like hiroshima, the manson family or anything else that would be impossible if it hadn't actually happened - a very specific kind of truth that you wouldn't believe if
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On Sunday, March 25, 2007, capt_funguy
(778) wrote:
... it wasn't out there splashing around... i read the hell out of this , thankyou ... funguy
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