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Tears, Bought and Sold-- Revised
Contributed by
ShadowDaughter
on
Monday, 16th February 2004 @ 01:35:29 AM in AEST
Topic:
DarkPoetry
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worthless
she feels almost cheaper
than the forgeries of food
which try only half-heartedly
to keep her alive
could've sold her body
could've sold her soul
chose to sell her heart
wearily, the girl reaches
into her threadbare sack
for a faded, once-garish sign
flamboyantly and shamelessly proclaiming
"TEARS, BOUGHT AND SOLD!"
as the sign makes its tawdry entrance,
jeers and cruelty assail her
making their ever-presence known
from the mouths of her fellow peddlers
they watch,
shaking their heads in disgust,
as a woman approaches,
first customer of the day,
little older than the salesgirl herself
with despondency etched in her frame
she sets a hollow vitreous sphere
upon the tear-girl's tottering stand
the girl expertly pours the contents
of the crystalline snowglobe
into a delicate vial
whilst the woman mumbles,
"I shed those tears for him
I wasted them!
--they're all yours now."
the girl thanks her,
rings up the total,
and pays the woman
with as sincere a smile
--not very--
as she can muster
a young man soon ambles up
hoping fervently none will see him here
he whispers quietly,
"she died three weeks past
she died, and I just can't cry.
I want to buy some tears."
she doles out a portion
of a single snowglobe's contents
charges him, and watches him go
and so drags on wearily
the day of trading in tears
buy, die a little, sell, die more
take a deep breath and repeat
her neighbors stare,
with disapproval set in their faces
yet involuntary fascination
shining in bleary eyes
(street-corner rubbernecking
better than any car accident)
none quite daring
to ask the question on their collective lips:
the purchase of tears-- what the price?
could've sold her body
could've sold her soul
chose to sell her heart
tears fill her eyes
and she spares a moment
to marvel at the irony
before swiping them furiously away
to greet the next customer.
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Re: Tears, Bought and Sold-- Revised
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by bobotheclown on
Monday, 16th February 2004 @ 01:54:11 AM AEST
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this was odd but cool I liked it a lot. Had a nice feel to it. Very well done.
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Re: Tears, Bought and Sold-- Revised
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by Vitreous_Soul on
Monday, 16th February 2004 @ 02:34:27 AM AEST
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Wow, Nora! Dare I say, this revision and the previous one have been nothing short of jaw-dropping. The first had little to gripe about, but this...is flawless. Poetry at it's highest level.
Truly, with CEGTY's,
-Dan |
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Re: Tears, Bought and Sold-- Revised
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by Former_Member on
Monday, 16th February 2004 @ 09:23:31 PM AEST
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| Now THIS is poetry. |
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Re: Tears, Bought and Sold-- Revised
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by Lionel on
Tuesday, 17th February 2004 @ 11:53:57 AM AEST
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Moving Very moving I'm impressed
Lionel
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Re: Tears, Bought and Sold-- Revised
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by lil_angel on
Wednesday, 25th February 2004 @ 04:29:54 AM AEST
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| Wow this is wonderful! |
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Re: Tears, Bought and Sold-- Revised
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by STRaNGe_LiNDSeY on
Saturday, 3rd April 2004 @ 08:03:55 PM AEST
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seeing as i have not seen the origional post, i cant say much about that...but this is absolutely gorgeous... i love the lines "could've sold her body
could've sold her soul
chose to sell her heart"
Lindsey
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Re: Tears, Bought and Sold-- Revised
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by grip-wth-broken-fingers on
Sunday, 11th July 2004 @ 10:49:18 AM AEST
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alot of feeling in this poem i like it
thought about careful and to write a good poem you need to thi9nk which i know is hard cos i hate thinking lol dont know about u but its reealy good quite sad but a excellent poem thank you *grip* comment on min eplease |
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Re: Tears, Bought and Sold-- Revised
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by Cynthia on
Sunday, 17th October 2004 @ 03:32:07 PM AEST
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| Nora, you really know how to tell a wonderful story. Such a sad write though. *S* Cynthia |
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