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YOU ONLY TALK ABOUT LIFE (poemoff2)

December 25th, 2006 by Zack

YOU ONLY TALK ABOUT LIFE (poemoff2)

they slip through,

red or blue like playing cards,

each moment or cigarette

after which you stand, mouth open—

here’s what you lost, three pennies.

here’s what you found, a pinecone.

here’s what you left, a house that was

all windows and doors, every wall

torn down, every shutter taken off

and you wonder, why i stare?

notes: yes, it’s late, but so have tiffany’s, so meh.  the title comes from her “raindrop eyes or smooth gray pebbles [?]“

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