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ROADKILL
Contributed by
Cancer
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Monday, 17th November 2003 @ 08:32:01 PM in AEST
Topic:
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lying on the highway
staring up at the stars
waiting for the wheels
of some speeding car
praying for a drunk teen
or half-blind old lady
who'll come speeding 'round the curve
and flatten me
i smile and imagine
the tread breaking my skin
crushing my skull
leaving it paper thin
i hope that it kills me, but if not
think of the scars
if i were to become trapped
being dragged under the car
miles of pavement and gravel
tearing soft flesh to shreds
as pieces of me fall away
flattened under the treads
my smile grows wider
i hear someone coming now
i listen and identify
an eighteen wheeler by the sound
he flys around the curve
his bright lights instantly blind me
and i pray that it will be too late
when he finally sees me
i can't tell how close he is
just guess from the engine's roar
he's around ten feet away
maybe a little more
i laugh as he draws nearer
and his lights pass over me
i look to the side
and tread is all i see
arteries collapse
muscles compress
bones shatter, blood splatters
it's really quite a mess
beneath the wheels
of this speeding semi
twisted and broken
i smile and die
Copyright ©
Cancer
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2003-11-17 20:32:01]
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Re: ROADKILL
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by sindi-selde on
Monday, 17th November 2003 @ 10:23:02 PM AEST
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Hey, cool!
It is not just you, I think it is hilarious!
But then, everyone tells me I'm sick.
That's ok though!
I like the
' i smile and die'
best of all.
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Re: ROADKILL
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by Kirby on
Monday, 17th November 2003 @ 11:04:11 PM AEST
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| THis ain't funny when you have seen a person do this but not die. How can you think that this is funny? But I do like the last line! Love:::Kirby |
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Re: ROADKILL
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by Cancer on
Monday, 17th November 2003 @ 11:30:22 PM AEST
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kirby, i think it's funny because of the eagerness with which he awaited the semi. the almost romantic way he envisioned the tires shredding his flesh and being caught under the vehicle. i guess i have a distorted sense of humor, but i thought it was funny.
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Re: ROADKILL
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by Former_Member on
Wednesday, 19th November 2003 @ 06:00:28 PM AEST
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this poem is cool because it is synonymous to a child waiting for christmas, for instance, or a thirteen yr old , who is so excited to see his first "boobie"
will it happen?
will it happen?
will it happen?
will it happen?
will it happen?
***** YEAH!!!
IT HAPPENED!!!! |
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Re: ROADKILL
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by jaeann on
Friday, 21st November 2003 @ 01:25:39 AM AEST
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| the imagery.......you give us the end long before we read it.....great write!!!!! |
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Re: ROADKILL
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by bobotheclown on
Saturday, 22nd November 2003 @ 12:16:20 AM AEST
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ooooh I loved this I don't find it funny personally, but it was pretty sweet. I loved the imagery and how the poem never faltered just kept on speeding along til the end. Awesome dude!
Bobo (Joel) |
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