Forgotten

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    Hang 'Em High, Sincerely, Justice

    Forgotten
    Three young girls paraded holding flowers.
    She with Dad in hand walked down the aisle.
    A blockade of my view, flashing towers
    I look away, my lips can't part a smile.
    Bo is there to take her away from him.
    One sings "Sun Rise, Sun Set" deep from her lungs.
    A white candle blows out, a warning hymn.
    So I sat back and bit a bitter tongue.
    Congratulations! in line and order
    Floundering forced embraces and kisses
    Lost in a church built of stone and mortar?
    Tears in my eyes, to the bells I listen.
    Tables full of food, but no wedding cake.
    Losing a friend who wasn't mine to take.


    1989 

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    Helios commented on Forgotten

    08-05-2009

    "Swiftly flow the days,seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers, blossoming even as we gaze..." Amazing poem, thank you.
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    frog commented on Forgotten

    06-17-2009

    Good realism here in this one. I like how you were so honest in saying you couldn't smile.
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    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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