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The Pragmatic Sister and Seafood

All I want to know is Do I have a distinctive voice? Standing out in a crowd Mic in hand, choice Of song, how important To hear and be heard We must be privileged Do you eat your scallop with beard? This is reminding me of my ex My brother says let him go And I do vehemently No emotions on show Are you ready to meet him? Your next potential ex As the entropy reenters No matter how clean shaven, hex Upon all of us doomed To end before we begin Nothing to do in here Accept, take it on the chin

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Niyna Desangre

Date: 6/27/2019 8:04:00 AM

Hi Rachel! The very first verse caught me and held me to the end... of which I also liked very much... "All I want to know is Do I have a distinctive voice? Standing out in a crowd Mic in hand, choice".... Yes, you have a stand in a crowd mic in hand voice"... Niyna

Rachel Carson
Date: 6/29/2019 8:43:00 PM

thank you for your comment, I might give open mic night at the local pub another shot thanks to your inspo, pity I cant fly back out to Turin, Italy where I gave Karaoke a shot once!!! as you can guess i own a 4track and my ambition is to set snippets of poetry to beats and so forth, not as easy as you might think, Rachel

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 6/26/2019 8:04:00 PM

Rachel, Welcome to Poetry Soup. This was an interesting, entertaining read. I liked the entire poem. Curiously, to me, this line said so much :"Are you ready to meet him? Your next potential ex". I have often heard that the biggest fear is that there will BE another ex.

Rachel Carson
Date: 6/29/2019 8:45:00 PM

Hi Caren, lol, I know that fear, that there will BE another ex only too well, thank you for your comment, Im so happy you felt entertained. Rachel