ringing my ears

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    ringing my ears

    your words like poison arrow
    darts shoot into my spine. spreading,
    seeping into every vein
    infecting the life love hope
    that once thrived within. how does

    one cleanse the body of poison?
    how to fight the numbing effects?

    as if ipecac could cure i drink
    in great quantities until i realize
    no amount will make me regurgitate
    that which has become a part of
    my cells, discoloring my skin
    which shows the effects from years

    of soaking in toxins.

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    monkyntz commented on ringing my ears

    05-18-2009

    wow! i've might have said this before but you are so easy to read. you write with such emotion i can feel what you feel you are truely a great poet

    Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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