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Murmuring Wretches
Contributed by
bobotheclown
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Wednesday, 16th April 2003 @ 08:35:00 AM in AEST
Topic:
DarkPoetry
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My dry, rotting, morbid eyes
Stare out of a broken, downcast face
Hidden by a frail mask of joy
They stare at countless souls
Strapped on a bench their scarred wrists
Tied down by leather thongs
Skin so weathered it appears green
From over use or lack there of
Becoming one with the mold and dust
Swirling about them like moths
Drawn to a distant light
They embrace their tiny companions
With their fragile murmurings,
Straining I try to here, but it falls
Like shards of broken glass
The silence, the pain, the agony, hurting hearts
Its unbearable I want to flee,
But I'm frozen, captivated, its so sickening
Sad, they murmur on knowing no one,
No one can hear their silence,
But out of stubborness, or sheer determination
Their lips move at an astonishing pace
Til they crack, bleed, and swell
Til no movement is possible
Down this limitless, echoing chamber
Where their hearts are ensnared, twisted
And finally broken, until they are only murmuring wretches
Like those that lie before my eyes
Trying to maintain some dignity
They attempt to work their way out
Of their filth-ridden garments
Their constraints feebly clink
Back and forth, back and forth
Til one could be driven mad
By the horrendous din
They are molded slowly, but surely
Into lumps of nothing, a fragment
Of what they once were
Food stuffed down their mouths
Only to be brought back up
And spewed over their anorexic frames
My eyes as dead as they seem
Start to mist with a sort of emotion
As I struggle to take it all in
Dry, scaly, sickly, slippery fingers
Wrap around me, and bring me to an empty bench
I see a lifeless, used form
Hardly bigger than a child,
Yet a face like an old man
Being carried off to be experimented upon
Standing there wavering like a flame on a match
Shoved down roughly, wrists shoved
Into the leather thongs
And then with a tired, defeated shudder
I realize what has happened
That I have been tricked
And that I can never leave
Alive at least...
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bobotheclown
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2003-04-16 08:35:00]
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Re: Murmuring Wretches
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by AngryPrincess on
Wednesday, 16th April 2003 @ 09:32:56 AM AEST
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wow Joel, i could imagine the whole thing...you're such a great poet...i was waiting for you to submit more....i cant get enough...
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Re: Murmuring Wretches
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by ladyfawn on
Wednesday, 16th April 2003 @ 09:33:31 AM AEST
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dearest joel, excellent, dark and wonderfully wicked, this is my favorite poem by you by far, the loneliness, desparation and hopelessness for ever a change is so apparent, when you said,"Trying to maintain some dignity" i believe it sets the mood of them too, that line really stood out for me, i want to read this again, i cannot describe further how much i love this write, it is so vividly intense!
hugs n' love to you, nessa |
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Re: Murmuring Wretches
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by thatabbygirl on
Wednesday, 16th April 2003 @ 12:31:10 PM AEST
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| Very well written...I look forward to reading more of your works. |
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Re: Murmuring Wretches
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by Jason_Robert_Britt on
Wednesday, 16th April 2003 @ 03:51:07 PM AEST
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| Excellent work, BoBo!!! You impress me here with you vivid display of decay. I felt strapped down to a cold table, nailless from trying to claw my way out, sore from trying to chew through my own arms. You really took me there, to the mold and mildew of the forsaken... EXCELLENT!!! TEN STARS!!! |
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Re: Murmuring Wretches
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by shelby on
Wednesday, 16th April 2003 @ 06:09:29 PM AEST
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Oh wow wow wow!! You captured this well. True talent. Pulled me in the poem.Great job
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Re: Murmuring Wretches
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by wyrd_faerie on
Sunday, 20th April 2003 @ 10:47:05 AM AEST
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| stunning... |
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Re: Murmuring Wretches
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by deadly_blaZe on
Friday, 6th June 2003 @ 06:32:07 PM AEST
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your writing is to amazing to put into words
im in awe |
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Re: Murmuring Wretches
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by deadly_blaZe on
Friday, 6th June 2003 @ 06:32:16 PM AEST
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your writing is to amazing to put into words
im in awe
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