poetry critical

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Poetry Critical 2.0

Hey guys, Donald here.

In a few weeks, this site will be 9 years old. 9 years! And I still know some of the earliest submissions by heart.

But, boy. That’s like 102 in web-years. So it’s time for something new. I’m building that something now with my nights-and-weekend minutes (and plenty of coffee). Buy me a cup?

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Random Poem:

Trampas y disfraces detrás de grande-a'reas de pantallas de humo
Smylinqt

Her skirt too short; her hair flung from one side
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         to the
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                other
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'gotta dolla, gotta dolla?'
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   Dirty finger nails
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   grazed her hips
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      Red lipstick faded on her cheek
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      With a smile of hypnotic schemes
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   her mind deceiving her towards
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                an out-stretched dream
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        But cursed by suicidal things
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   Suddenly blind
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like a wristwatch without time
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          She can't tell yesterday
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         from today or tomorrow
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   'gotta dolla, gotta dolla?'
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   over there,
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           there's a one armed man
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   with graffiti on his feet, face and hand
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                parched skin
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   wrapped like a drum around
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                the tight throat of melody
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   war songs between soldiers
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                            and long lost sons'
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   they peer out
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                 from piercing bloodshot eyes
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her blade's serrated.
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             Cigarette tossed aside
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'Hey you! Conseguido al dolla, conseguido al dolla?'
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