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#1351

Cycle of Vision

The eyes speak volumes to the individual.


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#1352

Should I Find a Genie


 

Should I find a genie in a bottle

Would I set him free

Or would I keep him for myself

A prisoner and a slave to me

Would that be the right thing to do

To watch him sitting...

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#1353

Wealth

Growing up


Wealth

By Adam Thomas Wright

 

When I was a child

I needed to be wealthy

I would much rather have fortune

Than to be young and healthy

 

When I was a teen

I wanted to be wealthy

I would rather have the cash

Than...

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#1354

Tuesday Afternoon

A continuation of a short series revolving around my interactions of being. 


End of discussion All eleven of us are dismissed "Be productive with these long 15 minutes" "Write or... Have a sandwich" Purposely slumped in this comfort-less seat She stands peering over my shoulder All...

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#1355

Monday Afternoon

We all have that moment when we catch eyes with someone we admire, and tend to like more than others, and how it fills us with glee. We know what we want to happen,...

Pens click as papers get lost in the shuffle "Satan was a good guy" "God is a weapon to keep structure" "God is Mom to two children fighting" Just to the left, she stares

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#1356

Evergreen Serenade

Evergreen Serenade describes the evening sunset as it falls upon the forest.


It's the evening's abyss sinking deep

As the sun sails they rise

Bold and evergreen

The bristles break and crash

Hacking they plug, songs they sing

Perched deep they serenade the morning

Their songs sweet and soothing

An appeasing sound to...

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#1357

Shooting Stars


In the tears she cries

They fall in colorful stream

Albedo white flush in the cocktail

Blended mornings and simple nights

No longer of persil as the beaming shot

Cooling in blue ice flesh

But when the sobs stall and...

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#1358

Droplets on Raw Canvas

Droplets on Raw Canvas describes the thought process and physical process of writing and creating art. It nicely resembles the various thoughts an artist works through to create their work of art.


The bottomless pit of the freak

Like the clouds above

Obnoxious and misunderstood

A generous cover on the strenuous stream

Cooling the heat of tension.

 

The army marches across the sky

Unique in shapes, variable and defiant

Each appreciative of the...

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#1359

Drawn

An intimate account of 2 lovers revelling in each others presence.


I look at you, you look at me. In each other's sight but partially see. Two different people in a cloud of thoughts That individually found us & together us brought. To the...

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#1360

Memories

An exploration of memories


Beautiful, isn’t it

The way memories trickle down From the back of ur head To ur ears ur tongue To ur throat &leave bitterness After the sweet Beautiful The triggers hidden in songs Images Scents

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