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In Dark Corners, Laugh

This is a found poem taken from F. Nietzsche's Parable of the Madman In Dark Corners, Laugh that madman who lit bright morning hours, the market place, many were standing, provoked? his way like hiding? gone... they yelled and laughed. the madman pierced them he cried; killed him i, murderers do this? But how… wipe away horizons, unchain this earth are we moving? from plunging in all directions? up or down? straying, an infinite nothing? feel the breath become colder? night continually lanterns in the morning? hear nothing of the noise of burying? we smell decomposition decompose. dead remains dead. and him. comfort ourselves murderers, mightiest of all bled knives: who us? water is atonement, sacred greatness, too great? we ourselves become simply worthy of a greater deed; whoever after us - for the sake of this deed will belong to all. silent listeners; silent and in astonishment threw his lantern and went out. too early is not yet. this is still wandering; the ears of men. require time; the light requires time; deeds still require to be seen and heard. more distant than most stars and yet themselves related on the same day forced several up, led out is said to have nothing after all, now the tombs?

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Date: 4/27/2014 2:04:00 AM
Allen,... CONGRATULATIONS:) on having your poem featured on the soups HOME PAGE. Goodnight poet friend <3 =LINDA
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Date: 4/10/2014 5:51:00 AM
- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup,Allen :) - I choose your first dark, but well written poem - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Allen Mersereaux
Date: 4/11/2014 9:47:00 AM
Thank you Anne. It's nice to meet you:) I'm a beginner but have been writing a lot since I began. I've only taken one class so far and so my terminology as far as classifying my poems may be a bit off:) altho they do have that convenient 'I don't know' there. Have a great day and I have/will check out your stuff as well. :) -Allen
Date: 4/9/2014 10:19:00 PM
Allen , Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will find much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your poetry. At this very moment, I will greet you with the same smile, other poets passed when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your writings. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you like. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND". Hugs* SKAT
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Allen Mersereaux
Date: 4/11/2014 9:52:00 AM
Hello SKAT and thank you for that welcome and smile :) As I told Anne I am new at this and so am very excited to meet others who also write. I appreciate you reading my writing and as with Anne I have went to your page and checked out a few and will again, been busy but will leave some comments as well. Have a great day and hope to hear from you again:) -Allen
Date: 4/9/2014 4:56:00 PM
Deep, and dark, Allen... love it,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community, as I did when I first join, March 2010. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry ha-ha a special pair:) here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
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Allen Mersereaux
Date: 4/11/2014 9:59:00 AM
Hi Linda and thank you. I have checked out the contest page and will check a few out. The feedback is important because I've only taken one poetry class but as I like to learn as I go that feedback means a lot, and it doesn't even have to be positive all the time:) I have looked at some of your writing and when I get a chance to sit down I will comment, I'm having an issue with internet access right now but will have that solved here soon. Have a nice day and hope to hear from you again:) -Allen

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