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Somber Letting

May 6, 2010
By MattRgrs PLATINUM, Maplewood, New Jersey
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So on knowing is the burden that all the elders bare,
yet,the floods of forethought captured in your foldings
can't keep you from floating into the air.

With spindly hands you fill all you're ears with dance
yet flaking is your captured ambition to care.
And fishing inside you is the wanting to tell.

Through speaking and handing you're willing to share
but burdens keep babies into standing asleep.
So play your guitar and let your subtlety blair.

The author's comments:
This poem is about being old and being wise beyond anyone else. Ever see Picasso's "Guitarist" that is what I think the old dude is thinking. I wrote it to look childish, so its not very grammatically correct.
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Acalleq PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 1 2011 at 3:42 pm
Acalleq PLATINUM, Togiak, Alaska
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you never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have

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this is very good
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jun. 1 2010 at 1:18 am
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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What the front door.

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I dont know what soupladle means but I just said that to get your attention. i honeslty think you're one of the best poets on here. 5 stars captain. do your dance.
MattRgrs PLATINUM said...
on May. 31 2010 at 8:02 pm
MattRgrs PLATINUM, Maplewood, New Jersey
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Soupladle.
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on May. 29 2010 at 3:53 pm
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this is very nice and I love the rhyming scehe, though I dont really like you all that much.