prayer

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    prayer
    the window is open to clouds dragging themselves across
    a night sky, hiding
    the moon and a few stars
    as the curtain closes
    itself
    and i struggle to smell
    what remains on my pillows
    of a lover that crawled
    out thru this same open
    window a few days ago.

    i am conlficted,
    but even the embryo
    outgrows its home
    and must be evicted.

    a saint with no shoes in a cup like a candle burns every word i've ever written.

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    FLAWLES commented on prayer

    06-10-2009

    I get it homie. Don't trip. Yeah, just like an embryo eventually has to go, is the same way that lover had to. Look on the bright side, at least the lover can return. The embryo can't.
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    jademelissa74 commented on prayer

    06-10-2009

    Wow! A very powerful content! You manage to reel in the reader with the loving, yet ,sad phrases! I can feel the pain and anguish! You are so artistic Catarino! Great Job! I loved it!
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    In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

    Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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