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supernova MAG
we're stars, baby, fizzling in the sky,
so caught up in our own bone-crushing mass
and obsessed with our own intensity
that we keep forgetting
even stars die, but we're not gonna fade
when we croak, we're gonna explode
like mentos in a coke bottle,
bleeding plumes of rainbow smoke
bursting with light so brilliant,
your eyes will sting for years after
when we're done blowing ourselves the hell up
you'll wade into that glittery ashtray
as it smolders with stardust
the birthplace of another star
and what do you think is gonna happen to
that star?
another red giant, another supernova
another burn out
call us reckless idiots
but close your eyes and picture us
in all our shining, arrogant glory
and when you're still years away
from winking silently into oblivion,
we'll see who
remembers
whom
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Hi PenguinFeet,
I'm so sorry it took me so long to reply! But I want you to know how happy your review made me. =) I was already proud of this poem, but it makes me immeasurably happy to know that you liked it just that much.
Thank you so much for your kind words.
Sincerely,
Sarah
Dear Sarah,
I read your poem in the print magazine and I was enraptured. It's cut out and on my bedroom window now. Thank you so much.
I'm not sure what about the poem I like the most. the tone, for sure. the ending. The imagery. It's terribly good. I am so impressed.
Yes.