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What do you think? Nothing. Again, nothing. I am as colorless as clear water, as reflective as a mirror, as empty as a room everyone just left. What do you feel? Nothing. Once more, nothing. I am as passive as a stone, as fluid as a stream, as shallow as a saucer... Why do you lie? I do not lie -- you see my exposed shell, the walls inside which I have become dessicated, shrunken, hard, withdrawn -- a dried out oyster, a clam, a snail -- a distracting polished whelk.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 5/18/2015 1:51:00 PM
LEO, Congratulations on having your poem featured this week. SKAT love
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Date: 10/18/2012 12:07:00 PM
I really enjoyed reading this one today..Very poetic and descriptive..Creative thought process brought this one forth..Sara
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Date: 10/16/2012 11:53:00 PM
Just lovely! And so true of most people - silence is preferred because answering means more questions. I love the image of an empty room in by whereas it is vacant there is a possibility of it being occupied again. Well written free verse this!
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Date: 3/7/2012 7:08:00 PM
I like the idea that as "colorless" as one may be they in turn tend to reflect the beauty around them, often never knowing. A very deep piece of writing. Stephen.
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