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December 30, 2011
By swoopingpigeons GOLD, Orangeburg, New York
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It's three a.m.
I feel like a third of a person.
And the worst part of that is,
I thought quarter in my head.
As the words whizzed like wire signals
from brain to fingertip,
I felt the lie play out
in the tapping of five keys.
A fifth of a person.
Am I shrinking?
I guess the witch of the west
had a point about the whole melting thing
after all.

© Mike V., Morgantown, PA

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Suhaima said...
on Feb. 10 2013 at 6:52 pm
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this is what i call flow-etry. poetry that flows so beautifully that it becomes rythm. 
InvisibleHeart GOLD said...
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Different. I love it!
spagooter PLATINUM said...
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this is very cool
A_Journey GOLD said...
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I like your poem! I wouldn't be surprised if I actually caught myself thinking like that :P Could you check out my piece Graffiti Wall if you have time? Thanks!