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Insomniac Attack

A Hindenburg-Esque explosion Say goodbye to rationality While all the daily trespassers Scream! "OH THE INSANITY!!!!" I sleep with sinners Weep with the saints I'm twice the fossil Three times the oil Slick as an unlit candlestick Hid the wick Burn twice as bright Burn twice as fast If it's not to much to ask Please don't touch I plan to last You spend your lives Looking for a light The brighter The better While you Were playing with fire The wolves Made the cellular decision To develop night vision Some worms Who make their home In the ground Have it in their genome To have eyes Big surprise They said no We'll live off of pure sound Ah the simple solutions You prefer a crutch To evolution Let me explain more In the abyss Above the ocean floor The fish use light To lure in the prey Others use it to confuse The predator So they can get away Why do fish That live in the absence of light Even have eyes Plato was wrong All things are swallowed In madness Death is just the path Given to the stubborn Given my level Of insanity I'll live forever I'm too crafty Developed invisibility Nothing will catch me Nor know when I come Or where I go Unless I need an alibi Seriously though Why do those fish Have eyes

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Date: 2/18/2016 7:00:00 PM
OH, I 've been Blitzed. Now this is TRUE blitz poetry. Way to GO!!!!
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Date: 2/17/2016 12:59:00 PM
I have suffered from it for many years. This is so real to me. I had recently posted my version then deleted it. I didn't think anyone would understand. This is very real to me Nate. Elaine
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Date: 2/16/2016 10:34:00 PM
Well this was definitely different! I'm not 100% sure what I just read, but somehow I liked it. Your thoughts were all over the place in crazy directions, with little threads that connected them. "seriously though why do those fish have those eyes" << humorous ending. I've written blitz poems before, but they followed a bit more of a structure with the repeating words. Thanks for sharing. This was refreshing and different.
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Date: 2/16/2016 2:39:00 PM
Wow,,........!! I came here to thank you for my placement in your haiku contest, but I'm carried away by this poem instead!! This is the crazy way my brain moves during the night, jumping from one thing to the next in an insomnia attack, (which is frequent). So many times I think I'm going bonkers! Like it is said before me...this is a head-trip!! Oh...yes......I did want to thank you for the high placement! Haiku isn't always my form, so I am more than pleased !!:)
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Date: 2/14/2016 3:35:00 PM
Hell yeah to the high water headtrip
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Date: 2/11/2016 8:30:00 AM
Interesting read, Nathan. It amazes me what thoughts go through my mind when I can't sleep. Like the form, it keeps the flow moving rapidly.
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Date: 2/10/2016 9:23:00 AM
Wow, Insomnia suits you well. :) The best part of your state ;-) What was I thinking all the times I allowed myself to be angry because, you had a very bad unhealthy obsession with staying awake for days. LOL. Now I feel as if I deprived you from other good writes. Jk. (ih) Anyways, this is a great free verse. . Paranoia AIN'T got nothing on you. The little gromes trip me out. Hugs .... to you all the way from Houston, TX. Linda
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Date: 2/10/2016 9:24:00 AM
They know something (fishing for answers) .... Imagine being surrounded by Uniforms! LoL. Why are they trying to attack me hehehe
Date: 2/10/2016 7:26:00 AM
Very good question Nathan. I would gather evolution. At one point the species needed eyes and through circumstances to survive it had to go deeper into the ocean where sight was no longer needed. Well done
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