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Lazy bounds of stadium light
flicker on our boys

but we are tearing
up the night

cutting open nebulas
ravaging the moon

inky black guts slide
i hear them scrambling over barbed wires

attempted lust in the trees
fumbling with skeleton hips

adolescent lips digging into sharpened necks
leaving their burrow to inhale sweeter highs

someone’s china-glass tears are heard
below the idle roar

we are only allowed to scream
when rubber balls are involved

pounding car ride far away
a cotton moon glares at the windshield

these earthly nights
never felt so real.

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ArinellWingheart said...
Feb. 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm:
*shiver* literaly... this made me tremble inside.
 
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TheOnlySpecialK said...
Jul. 28, 2010 at 2:28 am:
brilliant!
 
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sunnyhunny This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
May 17, 2010 at 4:40 pm:
Wow, you're really talented.  Nice work.  I still have yet to grasp the exact meaning of some of your metaphors, but I get the idea.  Very creative.  Utterly amazing and powerful.
 
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Hippie_RunnerThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 9, 2010 at 10:05 pm:
i loved this poem! check out my work too please.
 
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xBaByGiRrL22xThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Mar. 19, 2010 at 9:35 pm:
wowww. u r verrry talented :)
 
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MR.EHT said...
Mar. 19, 2010 at 12:08 pm:
this is a wonderful poem.
i really enjoyed it.
you should read my song and tell me what you think.
 
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Bella913 said...
Mar. 18, 2010 at 8:43 am:
i think this poem is amazing! W-O-W!
 
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Tony N. said...
Feb. 9, 2010 at 7:13 pm:
haha nice, i like it.
 
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dc123 said...
Jan. 22, 2010 at 11:22 am:
i enjoyed reading your poem it specks in a way i cant describe
 
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bobby L. said...
Jan. 11, 2010 at 8:35 am:
I enjoyed reading your poem.
I liked the detail you put into every line
 
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sasssgirrrl22 said...
Dec. 20, 2009 at 12:33 pm:
one word: Wow
 
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anikasaurus said...
Nov. 28, 2009 at 11:26 pm:
All I can say is "Woah".
 
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Paig3Cagl3 said...
Nov. 9, 2009 at 2:44 pm:
This poem has great flow and insight.
I really enjoyed it.
Lovely poem darling =]
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BannedGeekII said...
Aug. 30, 2009 at 12:51 am:
I absolutly adore this poem. Beautiful. Unforgetable.
 
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Alyssa B. said...
Jun. 1, 2009 at 5:25 pm:
This was a wonderfully written poem. I really enjoyed it.
 
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ricardo B. said...
May 27, 2009 at 12:27 am:
GOOD STORY AND GREAT DETAIL!!
 
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SickImageThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
May 26, 2009 at 2:51 pm:
"attempted lust in the trees
fumbling with skeleton hips

adolescent lips digging into sharpened necks"

I want to know the meaning behind your poem. I interpret it in a specific way, but it may not be what you were thinking. You're the author...Could you tell me what you intended?
 
nikki1574 replied...
Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:31 pm :
yea, same. i thought this was really great, but i would love to know the insperation behind this=)
 
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AndThisIsReal This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
May 26, 2009 at 2:41 pm:
This was just stunning.
I loved the eeri imagery of ordinarily simplistic events.
You're a good writer.
I hope to see more.
Check out some of my writing, when you have the time.
Thanks, AndThisIsReal.
 
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Jerami159 said...
May 18, 2009 at 12:48 pm:
it is interesting in its own way i like its way of word choices and it is chilling and calming at the same time keep makin them like this
 
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Twilightnme said...
May 17, 2009 at 10:10 pm:
i idn't really understand it... but it was good. Make it so we want more...
 
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CaligirlThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
May 1, 2009 at 10:58 pm:
i love cotton moon :)
 
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rachael S. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Apr. 18, 2009 at 9:59 pm:
i really like this. it's scary and beautiful and true.
 
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