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monotonous conversational merry-go-round
everyone's pretense and pretend,
bag and bicker, cough and cry in the dark
and light of leperous pop culture gods

while the hastily erected idols of dollar and cunt crumble
flashing edges of a non-life over-lived

the rumble in the dark
is not you or me,
but us.

they say all lovers need distance, and i love you even in my heart of darkness,
even in my house of pain.
i love you, my false society.
my harlequin world.

world that still has not looked up to see if there are stars,
as it is too busy trying to become one.

world. totally oblivious.

my world?

the pavement and old gargoyles
with eyes and faces and nothing human
I write this to them

they are the darkness watchers now.
they've seen the real you.
.h


—listen: there's a hell
of a good universe next door; let's go

-e.e cummings "pity this busy monster, manunkind"
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princepoo's avatar
"looking for safety in sterility?
are you the mask you wear yet?"

i actually thought that portion was one of the strongest points in the poem (commenting on that comment)

that aside, the whole poem exudes this corrupt sexual distraught feel, very powerful and intriguing. though i dont usually look at the world this way, sometimes you look around and see the ugliness and you realize the truth: that inside us all is a heart of darkness, as conrad so aptly put it.

"world that fears change and embraces it and forces it and fights against it."
i think this line is actually the best in the poem, but that's just my opinion
there's a lot of good flow and emotion in this, its very very... well.. like i said, powerful.

great job, definitely +fav