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For the love of the world

Contributed by iodinelove on Tuesday, 18th September 2007 @ 05:09:18 PM in AEST
Topic: LovePoetry

One of us in drag
We decided to split up
I walked further from familiar streets
Went up Mill Ave. looking for drugs and water
Stretching the lights of the cars and the people
With beautiful furniture dancing naked in the windows
And restaurants

I met a girl named half pint who
Sang rolling soul stained songs
To strangers for money in a cup
She gorgeous in the soft drizzle of a tattered purple dress
With leather boots and the memory of a smile
Sold on her smile

I left her gradually
Troubled by the need of a high
Wounded by the strength in her eyes

I left her, defeated
Having measured the weight of my heart
By the weight of her cup
And coming up short

I heard she died later
Cold and alone in
An old run down house
To be mentioned once or twice
In the histories of my life

That night, I found water and drugs
Regrouped and walked home

For a girl called half pint
Alive or dead
You showed me, in a half hours time,
By your slow stifled song
The love of a life lost
For the love of the world

Love always—and in my thoughts forever—
Abraham.

Copyright Â© iodinelove ... [ 2007-09-18 17:09:18]
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Re: For the love of the world (User Rating: 1 )
by starry_night on Tuesday, 25th September 2007 @ 08:12:06 PM AEST
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Wow, sifting through these poems, never expecting, but once in a while finding ... don't know whether to thank you for the tear in my eye as I read this .. but I will, thank you ... words of a master ...

Jan

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