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I Tossed a Poem Away Today

I tossed a poem away today
a crumpled wad of tortured thought
it shivers on a city street
trampled under passing feet
no longer has it eyes to feed
poetically a tumbleweed
broken, twisted, lonesome thought
wondering why it was tossed. 


John G. Lawless
©8/3/2019

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Jude Herrick

August 17, 2019 at 7:53 AM

I feel that the words become almost an entity, myself. Anything in the process, unused, was still instrumental. Not put in gutter or shelfed. Then to be in gutter ballet, inconsequential, kicked around, lonely afraid? Maybe burn unused poetry and send it on a warriors-River- pyre. Or eat it, bitter in the mouth but in the stomach, sweet as honey. Spice o soulfire. Great thoughts of hearts trying to find words and that Sacredness in a clever way or real way, here. Enjoyed.