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Rotting Flesh

I am rotting flesh. Ambivalent and obnoxious, but content with the irrational idea that I am immortal. As I walk through the path of life, I hemorrhage thoughts. My naked body, impregnated with ideals…exposes the divine truth of the defined sacredness of a goddess. My womb has silently concealed its artsy life giving power. My breasts with scarcity foster the image of the fountain of life. I rather find them amusing mortals. I curtail my hips from collecting the souls of those who in their biological need try to disperse their seed. As I bare my bones for the people to see that an immortal like me cannot be part of the "some" but instead part of the whole. I collect myself from the bloody path that disturbs the ultimate truth. My lungs collapse when I breathe arrogance and ignorance from the people that think that they indeed know what reality is. I proceed to live anonymously, putrefying along the way.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 9/20/2009 7:16:00 AM
Congratulations on your lovely poetry being featured this week>>James
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Date: 9/15/2009 8:25:00 PM
Gloryann - Congratulations on having your poetry featured this week – God Bless, MJ
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Date: 9/15/2009 1:36:00 AM
Gloryann, congrats on having your work featured...Raul
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Date: 9/14/2009 8:42:00 AM
This is a well deserved feature … what a creative, wonderful poem; your poem speaks for itself. You are such a great poet. Please keep writing and congrats on your poem being featured this week. Hope to read more of your wonderful poems. You are great friend! Adeleke
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Date: 9/14/2009 3:48:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured this week Gloryann. Love, Carol
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Date: 5/3/2009 5:53:00 PM
Gloryann, my belated congrats in making the semi finals...Raul
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Date: 4/10/2009 8:42:00 AM
Congratulations on your poetry making it into the semi finals. Wishing you the best of luck in the finals. Love, Carol
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Date: 10/9/2008 6:27:00 AM
Thanks for reading John. I just changed my name from Luz Harris to Gloryann La Porte ( which is my maiden name). As I write....I unravel myself.
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