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I want to slay that fly
The one in the back of my mind behind
Where all of my thoughts spin
I can't see him- I know he's there on a stack
Of memories I push away so repulsive
I know he thinks my life is boring
I think his life is boring
Feeding on unwanted memories unable to fly
Yet he's not real but this crime is repulsive
He's imaginary- he's real- his wings tied behind
His body- he breaths poison like smoke from a stack
Soon surround my mind with scratchy yarn- not silk- which he will spin
Why such a pretty tree an Aspen
What is that?- looking at it is boring?
Let's climb then- lets haul wood, make a stack
And build a tree fort- how do we get it up there?- i wish we could fly
Little brother- you go up first- I will pile wood behind
The tree- little brother- don't fall- why this tree is repulsive!
Little brother don't die- don't be so repulsive
I should have gone first- why did I let my mouth spin
On about how I was afraid of heights- and bringing wood behind
The tree was more important- it was actually boring
You should have defied me and kicked over my perfect wood stack
I want to kill it now with a stack
Of old newspapers, its digging into my repulsive
Thoughts and memories, this awful creature- this damn fly
I want to smash my to a wall or spin
Around until it dies and my life is back to boring
Instead your buzzing voice gets louder- always from behind
Little do I know, the fly, is me behind
My own eyes, sit no stack-after-stack
Of corrupted memories, but truth of my life, far from boring
- by bigsky_morgan |
- Poetry And Lyrics
- | Submitted on 06/14/2009 |
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- Title: The Fly (a sestina)
- Artist: bigsky_morgan
- Description: idk how many of you know what a sestina is, but if you like poetry, its a real challenge. you choose 6 words and use them in a specific sequence in each stanza (in my case my words in this poem are fly, behind, spin, stack, repulsive, and boring) anyways look up the rules to writing one and give it a try, if anything it will strengthen your ability!
- Date: 06/14/2009
- Tags: sestina
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