, and then the astronomer looked up at the stars and forgot everything.
Kill the Textbook
More by wph
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Beginning
The sun is pink, and the sky is green on the day that I am standing knee deep in perfectly still salt water. The tired marble floor of heaven is finally dissolving beneath my feet.
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The Statue
I looked up at the statue, and it looked down at me.
There we stood, unhappy wretches.
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The Pretti Doctrine
If we get scared, they have us in their pockets.
If we don't, all they have is blood.
And blood is not a weapon.
Comments
would you believe me if i said it took me 10 days of reading this back to myself to understand what you meant and how good it is? because it did i've literally been staring at this for over a week ;)
Thank you so much! It's definitely a more cryptic one, but I think anyone who's ever been fed up with a can get it eventually.
totally!
I clicked on this, expecting a longer poem, but it is short and I can still see the meaning in it and that amazes me. All my poetry tends to ramble, and I over explain and I never know where to end it. You don't and that is part of why I feel so drawn to your poetry. You are quite lovely. keep writing! <3
Thanks very much! It's funny - I often find writing long pieces a struggle, because my brain just wants to condense everything into as tiny a paragraph as possible.
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