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Last Updated: 05/06/2009 11:34:15
Nonsense (inspired by Manuro)
By Laurenceaux
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The wide mouthed speaker
swallowed my soul
as the light spoke to the wall,
casting shadows from a chair
that spoke in raindrops,
and wept for the mythical king
who lost his throat and his farting
on a wager of lights.
The flippant rubber
rang softly across the lounge prairie
and the hallowed
womb of the room
was stillborn,
death had erupted from
the gawping TV
and my tongue
held breath on my mind.
The cat curled to death,
the budgie sang to pieces
and the world of the wombroom
died!
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Copyright © Laurenceaux 2009
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