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Blackout
February 7, 2009
lights flicker, flutter, flash, fail
blackout [loud silence]
candles lit: chase away creeping darkness
but, always creeps back
rain pounds-wind howls
flash: lights! jubilation (short-lived)
flicker, flash, false hopes, fail
blackout [loud silence]
cold numbs: fire melts
lanterns move-from-room to room
shifting shadow: grasping at smoke
no time- night stretches limbs
cold clouded sun. no solace
blackout [loud silence]
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This article has 3 comments.
RevLid said...
on Mar. 3 2009 at 10:13 pm
Love the "loud silence". Your poetry is funny and smart and makes me think over and over, "That is SO true!"
Bean said...
on Mar. 3 2009 at 4:40 am
Omigosh Kelsey! I love you poems!!! please send more! You're talented in so many ways.
Tapioca said...
on Feb. 20 2009 at 3:33 am
Another great poem, Kelsey. Keep them coming!
