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Suicide Watch

Suicide Watch Time meter swings from a rope in the attics and antics of my mind barbed in chronicles tentacles of raven swallows ingesting ticking seconds away from under the duvet of spaced out stretches spell bound in dyslexic dysfunction in grammar distorted the syntax all black depicting semantic delusion of clock work’s terminal peace Deep down and under scratched surfaces of doom awaits another measure of a different frame mounted shattered fragmentation evolving from void into the tentative tether awakenings in memories of a future revisited of a kinder place swinging happily meandering when the pastures of pleasure and passion mix jubilant exaltation I am a yo-yo a Ying Yang a fool and a wise man jester and clown casting dazzling shadows on the mosaic of life through a lens like a bird on a wire full flight ahead hanging on with a claw’s lacerated tears and the tempo’s rhythm pulsing heart-breaking truths in the fallacy of certainty of composure unity and unchanging fortification Through depression I have received growth enrichment clarity in regards of the jungle of meaning and live to tell the story of what reality checks balances juggles foreboding trepidation into calm composition back and beyond a force forthright and forthwith in the spur of the moment eternal and fleeting and that's who I am Sui generis in Ego-cidal watch positioned and roped in by the Self 23rd November 1959 - 19th September 2016

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Date: 1/19/2017 2:41:00 AM
This is an excerpt of my life really... I am absolutely not ashamed to talk about that. You described this pendulum and what depression does very well.
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Date: 9/21/2016 6:52:00 AM
very interesting and intriguing Kai :) one of my faves in the contest, as always :) Congratulations on your placement in the contest :)-luloo
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 9/23/2016 12:25:00 AM
Thank you Luloo.
Date: 9/21/2016 6:03:00 AM
Congrats on your placement, Kai. Interesting poem - and I'm glad your fine and on Cyprus :)
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 9/23/2016 12:25:00 AM
Thank you Agnes.
Date: 9/21/2016 5:55:00 AM
Thank you Lewis for your kind comment and for sponsoring. Take care and many wishes, Kai
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Date: 9/20/2016 10:53:00 PM
this is a beautifully hard poem to be confronted with, so many questions, I loved it, ur poetic friend Lewis.
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Date: 9/19/2016 9:14:00 AM
Michael, I hope this is only your ego that has died, I always enjoy reading your poetry! Hope you're ok, don't play with this subject...please!
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John Hamilton
Date: 9/19/2016 5:00:00 PM
last week a poet posted a poem rope or hope, after we found out it was real,killed herself, so sad.
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 9/19/2016 10:52:00 AM
Thank you John. I should have put an explanatory note. I am perfectly fine and enjoying a holiday in Cyprus. Many wishes to you, Kai
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 9/19/2016 10:51:00 AM
Thank you John. I should have put an explanatory note. I am perfectly fine and enjoying a holiday in Cyprus. Many wishes to you, Kai

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