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What Else Can I Say?

January 17, 2013
By Anonymous

Zombies, Warriors, Pirates, Hooray
Those were the games we used to play.
Giggles, debates, and conflicts
the same
Those were the elements of our entire day.
Disney, Nick, and MTV
The Full House of Our Memories
Crushes scattered across my face
Easy to tell by the burning cheeks in place
Hours of Xbox
Saturated in play
What can I say?
Those were the days.
The days that linger on,
The days that’ll never be withdrawn.
Nothing but a memory in the haze,
Killed by the demeanor of your selfish phase.

Girls, drinks and Lies
Taken at risk
Pills, chills,
And the mentally ill.
Mom the enabler of it all.
“Sorry, Sorry, Sorry”
Words of unending deception.

Sirens, red lights flashing,
911: Cops are rising
Cups, phones, glasses
Smashed, crashed, and broken.
Arms blacked with the marks of Hell
Daddy’s crying for someone to help.
Painful cries scream inside
“What have you done with the boy that was mine?”
Name shorten to Four letters
No longer of Hebrew Origin.
Claims of hit and runs
Don’t forget about the guns.
Credit Cards charged
Tablets, phones, and oh yeah
Happy Father’s Day
“Abused”, oh yes:
No internet, tv, clothes,
Phones or consoles.
“How unfortunate?”

Girlfriend Gone
While you smoke a bong
And think how
Dad’s the felon of it all.
My poor and hapless ex-friend
I hope your filled with great regrets
For now the tree burns in flames,
And the house drips countless drops of blood every day.


The author's comments:
“What Else Can I Say” was a poem that I wrote in an effort to release some steam that had been building up inside of me. The poem is about my relationship with my brother and how he drastically changed over the course of time. I start the first stanza by reminiscing about the good times we cherished together. The next few stanzas discuss the changes that occurred, which range from lies, drugs, and crimes. It might be hard to understand, but when I mention the credit card I’m alluding to how he stole my father’s credit card and spent it on mediocre gadgets. In this same stanza, I put “abused” in quotations because this was a false allegation that he made. At the end I call my brother my ex-friend because I no longer have a fraternal relationship with him. I also use the burning trees and the bleeding house to symbolize how he tore the family apart. Ultimately I was influenced by Walt Whitman’s use of free verse and listing. I think this is one of my best creative works because I tried to use symbolism, rhythm, and even free verse to tell a tragic story.

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