Comments | unicornvamp3z: Les Mis

unicornvamp3z

Les Mis

Oct 18, 2009 21:52

He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came

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14blades October 20 2009, 00:43:11 UTC

It's not the liquid spreading on the floor,
A half a minute's labor with the mop;
It's everything you've ever spilled, and more.

The stupid broken spout that wouldn't pour;
The nasty little salesman in the shop.
It's not the liquid spreading on the floor,

A stain perhaps, a new, unwelcome chore,
But scarcely cause for sobs that will not stop.
It's everything you've ever spilled, and more.

It's the disease for which there is no cure,
The starving child, the taunting brutal cop.
It's not the liquid spreading on the floor

But through a planet, rotten to the core,
Where things grow old, get soiled, snap off, or drop.
It's everything you've ever spilled, and more:

The vision of yourself you can't ignore,
Poor wretched extra clinging to a prop!
It's not the liquid spreading on the floor.
It's everything you've ever spilled, and more.

unicornvamp3z October 21 2009, 23:09:27 UTC

But scarcely cause for sobs that will not stop.
It's everything you've ever spilled, and more.

hm, i like it. what's it from? just some random poem?

14blades October 22 2009, 00:08:00 UTC

it's "spilled" by bruce bennett. idk, i found it while i was researching villanelles, because i want to write one for creative writing. (we have a choice between writing a villanelle or a sestina). i posted it because i like it, and i thought the line "it's everything you've spilled, and more" was... fitting :(

unicornvamp3z October 22 2009, 02:14:29 UTC

i had to google both villanelle and sestina, but now i feel more knowledgy. heh, yes, it is indeed fitting. :[