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Rise & Fall

By kevin

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graveyard    walking along, &    the glisten of white bone    against a yellow moon, --    brush off your dirt,    stand up,    yawn loudly,    and return to work.    So many of the dead, returning    their white shirts and collar(bones)    the mindless work of slaves,    harnessed to work evil    for the collective good.dawn    children, in red & yellow, come    to me with all the loudness of youth.    watching them    y a w n ,    the stone of last night's sleep    turning to dust & slipping away    with the rising of today's sun.    they're walking past, none stop    except one boy who, looking lost,    stares fearlessly into my face,    as if he'd finally seen his father again.    ah, I wish I could belong that much    but instead, I feel myself slipping    between the seasons, these rays of sun,    left to create with vague sad memories.one of my new poems, I'm trying to use concrete modern imagery to get my point across Written July 21st, 2001 © on Jul 24 2001 06:08 AM PST, Kevin Watt    0 • 8 • 1

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"graveyard    walking along, &    the glisten of white bone    against a yellow moon, --    brush off your dirt,    stand up,    yawn loudly,    and return to work.    So many of the dead, returning    their white shirts and collar(bones)    the mindless work of slaves,    harnessed to work evil    for the collective good.dawn    children, in red & yellow, come    to me with all the loudness of youth.    watching them    y a w n ,    the stone of last night's sleep    turning to dust & slipping away    with the rising of today's sun.    they're walking past, none stop    except one boy who, looking lost,    stares fearlessly into my face,    as if he'd finally seen his father again.    ah, I wish I could belong that much    but instead, I feel myself slipping    between the seasons, these rays of sun,    left to create with vague sad memories.one of my new poems, I'm trying to use concrete modern imagery to get my point across..."

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