Real Estate

Real Estate

A Poem by Cole Hayley
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I wanted to try something simple. No over complexed diction. Just humble.

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Real Estate 


You see that house on the hill

you know I go there as I will

I've been there for 13 years, but still

Its not my home


I realize this is a temporary place

just my afterbirths hanging aftertaste 

giving me another year to just waste

planted in the carpet. 


Living in a cutout


Theres another house miles away

in there I will one day stay

and if I get my very own way

It will be my home


I realize this is a processing memory

lying on the axis of symmetry 

in the graph of the housing industry

on a tangent line


Living in a cutout

standing upright


© 2012 Cole Hayley


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good write. the lyrical flow is well done.

Posted 12 Years Ago


This got to me, somehow. The wanting to be somewhere else, to have another life. Very very good!

Posted 12 Years Ago


In searching for a house we seek a home. Until then a cutout will have to do.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Love the first two lines in the second stanza and the entire fifth stanza, oh heck, the whole poem is outstanding!

Posted 12 Years Ago


I absolutely love it! I find all your stuff to be amazing, and this one is simpler, but it is still just as amazing :)

Posted 12 Years Ago


A house is not a home lovely write.

Posted 12 Years Ago


F**K YOU THIS IS SOOO F*****G GOOOOD F**K YOU OMGOSH F**K THIS Oh So SOOOOO GOOOOD

Posted 12 Years Ago


i like the phrase 'i realize this is a processing memory.' shows how every moment is history before the next moment occurs and we are constantly processing memory." great job.

Posted 12 Years Ago


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Pax
the simplicity and normalizes used of words is so refreshing to read from you.
You done a great job.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Amazing read, so different to anything else, nothing to really compare it to, but it is truly a great piece.

Posted 12 Years Ago



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Cole Hayley
Cole Hayley

Montreal, Canada



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