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Darken The Lights And Leave Me Here
Darken the lights and leave me here,
I need to soak up the atmosphere.
So let me wander in the dark
Into steel pipes and panel frames.
I’ll grow accustomed to it all
With a few fractures and toothaches.
Every door that I think I can see
Will be a new hole in your basement wall.
It would be easier to admit my mistakes,
But that would defeat the purpose of it all…
-plus you wouldn’t call the ambulance anyway.
Just keep poking and prodding at me.
All these holes will make me like a sponge
To soak up any shards of glass that may fly.
So the next time you set this house on fire
Just darken the lights and leave me here
So I can soak up this atmosphere.
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I find no problem with repitition.
You're poems are so perfectly dark! One is at first inclined to be depressed, but then at a closer inspection realizes that the narrator or subject is somewhat noncommital, even sarcastic. That makes it so much easier to submit to the power of the poetry.
"Darken the lights and leave me here, so I can soak up the atmosphere." I must love it, and I do.
haha adios! ...
juuuust kidding! all i know in french is merci, oui, non, parlez vous francais, and j'taime! hahaha