Jun
14
2007

Poetry Thursday

datePosted on 21:35, June 14th, 2007 by EKSwitaj

Read my latest flash, Venison, at 52|250.

Live Like It’s the End . . .

             How long will you hold onto you
             with body being broken from you
                           We ask in years & decades

                          until they break our skin
                          with teeth or hypodermics

Hold on too long   body goes on
walking its rot   hungry for minds
             still calling them brains

Notes: The subject of this poem came from yesterday’s Blog Like It’s the End of the World event. I realize the central metaphor is a bit of a cliche; I was hoping to reanimate it with a bit of nuance. Now it’s an undead metaphor.

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4 Responses to “Poetry Thursday”

  1. Abz on June 14th, 2007 at 11:30 pm

    Hahaha! Amazing!! I love it!

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  2. gautami on June 15th, 2007 at 1:51 am

    What you call “cliche” works well here!

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  3. KG on June 15th, 2007 at 11:58 am

    I didn’t sense the cliché at all. It’s powerfully about the essence of zombie.

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  4. Crafty Green Poet on June 15th, 2007 at 2:49 pm

    Your undead metaphor works well for me. Sad poem.

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