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Panic

It was a day or two before the smells came
Silent moments of déjà vu
In which the walls whitened in sympathy
The tiles laughing their cracked guilt

How did they find me here? Stowaways
In bottles of surgical spirits
Their cold indifference stifling
They watched me from the bathroom cupboard

Gripping this last vestige of panic
Its clinical stench the smell of God
I list the words for fear in lines of nines
Our toothbrushes lying side by side

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  1. Date: 7/18/2012 7:34:00 AM

    Congratulations on your poem making it through round one of the PoetrySoup International Poetry Contest. I wish you the best in the finals Robyn. Love, Carol

  1. Date: 11/2/2011 5:11:00 AM

    A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you Robyn. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. Read and comment on their's and they will return in kind. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love and blessing always, Carol