Dawn Mungovan Poet Free verse

Live and Let It Die

As the last bit of uncertainty
Splatters over the worn-out
              tongue and groove
I sit here
Waiting
Wondering if I will live      or die

                             From embarrassment

I was no more
                  Than a jester 
In your court
When I thought myself        a lady
Vying for your favor

Now that I have been
Called out    as a fool
I desperately want to disappear
To dissolve      through the cracks in the floor
And hide in the shadows
Until I recover
                                from the confusion

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Bella Cardenas August 30, 2008 at 11:44 PM Dawn, I really like your style. I like the dynamics of it, the softer lines and then the isolated words make it more vivid. Also, there seem to be natural pauses in there that I really like, it makes the reader take it slowly, feel the uncertainty, the emotional turbulence of the piece. Very nice.