Upon a White ShipA Poem by LA WaningHere we are pushing shopping carts into chasms of our past
A cancer in the castle is worth two in our bush Just take your bloody sample so I can keep sucking my thumb We'll put our ears to the ground that's when we will hear the hum I gave up the visage of my face a million days ago Breaking rocks with our teeth so we can save our gums When the night comes I best get my daily dose of numb Only thing keeping me from loading this gun The bullet would leave me with a glistening trace It would leave me like this world just wanting more I would leave upon a white ship from the Stygian shore © 2014 LA Waning |
StatsAuthorLA WaningMEAboutI am a male in my late twenties living in Maine. I am primarily a poet, however I also write surreal flash fiction in the classic vein of Lovecraft, Poe, Blackwood, and so many others I consider the g.. more..Writing
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