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Gorgeous Statistic

Gorgeous Statistic

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

Gorgeous Statistic

 

 

fire arms,

bullet tongue

 

laugh the shrapnel

into oblivion

 

take a place on the death chart

casualties happen

 

it's only a war of attrition

and the battlefield is amour    

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

11/2/21

 

 

© 2021 jacob erin-cilberto


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that's how death seems to be in the late years... people die randomly, maybe I next, maybe You next... just look back in the old years and You will see that death wasn't like this, most people used to live long and died in normal ways. how sad, how very sad... how the world turned to be.

Posted 3 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

3 Years Ago

Used to be...ain't no more...so sad, yes.
thank you, lightsong,
j.
Did you mean to post this twice? All's fair in love and war, right? The winner often laughs making the loser feel even worse. Two poems about shattered love....you are in a mood. lYdi**

Posted 3 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

3 Years Ago

No, the site did that...
thanks for catching it....I will fix that...
j.
Lydia Shutter

3 Years Ago

The site does strange things to formatting. Sometimes I leave spaces between stanzas and they disap.. read more
Amazing write Jacob, glad you reopened your account. I like reading your wonderful writes,
they are so full of meaning...

Posted 3 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

3 Years Ago

Thank you for your kind words, Katzie,
j.

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Added on November 6, 2021
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jacob erin-cilberto
jacob erin-cilberto

Carbondale, IL



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Originally from Bronx, NY, I live in Carbondale, Illinois...teach English at a community college and have been writing and publishing poetry since 1970. I am here to read for inspiration from other po.. more..

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