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making[friends with six-]out

hush

secrets collect like neglected bourbon
in the rims of your eyes

the corners of your heartweary smile

and you
t.o.n.g.u.e them out so
_____s__l__o__w__l__y
disguise them with nonchalant poem garlands
hope no one catches you

slick streets and two a.m.
partner so charmingly
with a lusty beckandcall
we could heed
were we less than apathy-minded
and more sincere

i too have wished for a car crash
and meant it
but not really so much as i'd like to believe

the sky burns unfortunate
in pinprick stars
cosmosglitter
twinkling so deceptively
like pyritecomfort corkscrews
and shotglasses
such a poor substitute for warm arms
and gentle hands

keep me company
in this isolationesque silence
where it is so easy
to stumble
and forget myself

oh, that we could drift
without chemical neuroses
upon waking

for all our hopeless meandering missteps
i like you

strange to think
perhaps
these voices belong in other mouths
unfamiliar to our own
while the stoplights grant me
such a peculiar
interface

it is your perrogative

and if i were to write you a letter
i would begin it
"dear jon,"

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On Sunday January 28th, 2007, zanewill (117) writes:

excellent write/wonderful weaving of words, my dear poet!

On Tuesday January 23rd, 2007, Six-Out (1832) writes:

All this time later. days passed. And I still love it. You rock my dear!

On Monday May 22nd, 2006, PoeticHellion (250) writes:

Fabulous, amazing. Brilliant.

On Thursday January 19th, 2006, Six-Out (1832) writes:

This still rocks my world.

On Friday September 23rd, 2005, An Expired Member (12) writes:

This is beautiful... It's just so.... THERE. I don't know how else to describe it. Gorgeous. -Storm

On Tuesday July 12th, 2005, wannabe_rebel (25) writes:

this is a beautiful poem. the opening lines are SO striking. that's gonna stick with me for a long time...

On Tuesday July 12th, 2005, doll on the rag (223) writes:

thank you, love. i'm glad you enjoy my nonsense. =)

On Tuesday July 12th, 2005, doll on the rag (223) writes:

you should most definitely go through Six-Out's work; it's beyond me on so many levels. *nod*

On Monday July 11th, 2005, SilentStalker (1328) writes:

...bout time you listened to us and got that postcard in; glad you're sticking around...

On Monday July 11th, 2005, doll on the rag (223) writes:

actually, i didn't. total credit for me still being around goes to not an addict, because i am lazy. is that lame or what?

On Monday July 11th, 2005, Twilight (2114) writes:

this kicks ass...i love your way of expression. i must read more of your work:)

On Monday July 11th, 2005, doll on the rag (223) writes:

aww... thank you, sweet. =) help yourself.

On Monday July 11th, 2005, Six-Out (1832) writes:

This rocks almost as much as you do.

On Monday July 11th, 2005, doll on the rag (223) writes:

*does the my-life-is-complete dance again*

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