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The Potency of Lithium

Where are you Black, blue, red sky? Beautiful chaos? Where are the colors? Vibrant greens? The rapturous blues? The violent reds? The unbearable blacks? All I see is a dull brown. Where is the genius? The Mozart? The Einstein? The drunk? That blade of grass? – That everything I was at that moment? Who am I now? Where are my thoughts? Where is my voice? Where are the jagged rocks? The lush hilltops? The dark valleys? Why is my mind is a barren plain, That I till with a toothpick? My melted wax wings Have brought me to earth And I walk on two feet As your God intended. Now, I am human. Happy now?

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Date: 2/14/2018 3:44:00 AM
There s so much peace in all the confusion you wrote, I love this
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Date: 11/9/2013 4:44:00 PM
Love your metaphors and your writing. Allan
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Date: 4/27/2012 8:43:00 PM
I like the line - "why is my mind like a barren plain? that I till with a toothpick";) Thanks for sharing!
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Date: 4/27/2012 7:36:00 PM
good poem, i like where is the genius, the drunk, the blade of grass. good contrast. keep it up.
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