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Sad Love

Stocking soda....
Rising from the cellar
With an unfinished coda.
Poor, possessed fella.

Rising from the cellar.
Watching for her,
Poor, possessed fella.
The world a spinning blur.

Watching for her,
Elvis knees, gut fails.
The world a spinning blur.
Down the block she sails.

Elvis knees, gut fails,
Forever chasing light.
Down the block she sails.
A firefly in flight

Forever chasing light,
Until a darkness done.
A firefly in flight.
A madness on the run.

Until a darkness done,
With an unfinished coda.
A madness on the run,
Stocking soda....

Copyright © Tom Arnone | Year Posted 2016

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Timothy Barry Date: 7/28/2016 8:01:00 PM Great technique and feeling Teddy! Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 7/28/2016 8:15:00 PM Who is Teddy? ;-)

Teddy Kimathi Date: 7/28/2016 8:52:00 AM Congrats Tom, for having your piece featured in the Poetrysoup homepage!! ;-) Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 7/28/2016 8:54:00 AM Thanks, Teddy. :-)

Jane Allen Date: 7/27/2016 12:55:00 PM Really enjoyed Sad Love. Lovely rolling rhythm and beautiful imagery Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 7/27/2016 3:06:00 PM Thank you so much, Jane, for those kind words. :-)

Poet Destroyer A Date: 4/21/2016 11:34:00 AM Sounds like a fizz rising. Sad and insane to run the same course.... enjoyed. LINDA Login to Reply

Jaquay Atkins Date: 4/21/2016 11:05:00 AM Your rhythm in this piece is astounding Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 4/21/2016 3:01:00 PM The word, astounding, is rhythm to my ears! ;-) Thanks for the compliment....

Andrea Dietrich Date: 4/20/2016 8:56:00 PM Tom I love this one and the shortness of the lines!! But I never heard of a stocking soda. What is that?? I just realized you must be seeing my "best poems" list. Gotta check out one of your best now. Login to Reply Tom Arnone Date: 4/21/2016 8:00:00 AM "Stocking soda," in this context, means restocking cases of soda/pop: When I was a youngster, I used to work in a neighborhood grocery store. One of my duties was to replenish merchandise from the storage area in the cellar.