A Shot in the Dark and a Bloody Knife to see it Through WithA Poem by Beatrice Mars
913.4471.RUS Caves of Lascoux
913.401.BAH Images of the AND BLAH I I I / YOU/ YOU YOU, It's so clinical it's true, but really, _________ _______ _____ there's just grey under my bloodshot eyes and an ache in my stomach a pain in my head And a life building Itself around me that I don't know that I want (But Still It's all I I I But
I miss you.) I'm so glad You're still here, And I hate that I'm here (still awake, still hungry, still listening to the coughing through the wall and the sex up above and the music down below, the buzz- Still drinking the but party's Over. Too scared to go to bed, 'Cause I wont sleep, and in the morning I have things to do And this isn't poetic anymore. _______________ Draw a line under this. _____________________ The straightest one you can from a to b then imagine Screwing it all up So it's more like _(<)>|?|>|?|_++_++==)_)_^^^^^ Then remember that's me not you, And you're OKAY. It's _____ tonight, Come celebrate? Nononono, This is a lot of things, but it's not that, never that. (What, something poetic? - NO! Don't start doing That again! What? braking th- No! Stop it) Tear drop petals And frozen sunrise thorns, Coffee Sweats and Fish Bone Gags, Sickly sweet froth and Bitter sweet Blackness. _______________ Should we talk about This though? The elephant in the room, the pub, the car, the kitchen, the club you picked her up in. Perhaps not, I think a shot in the dark and a bloody knife to see it through with are a much better option. I don't know what you expected, but I bet it wasn't this. © 2012 Beatrice Mars |
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Added on November 3, 2012 Last Updated on November 3, 2012 AuthorBeatrice MarsUnited KingdomAboutI'm an 19 year old girl. Of all the souls that stand create I have elected one. When sense from spirit files away, And subterfuge is done; When that which is and that which was Apart, intr.. more..Writing
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