The sun going down. Dusk saluted. As usual,<\/p>\n
by instantaneous sparkle of light.The hours between,<\/p>\n
were always difficult to kill.<\/p>\n
Night.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The dance further tarnished by the dissipation. Certainly in the opinion of those who lay,<\/p>\n
in the middle.\u00a0 With coffee beside them, and their cigarettes.<\/p>\n
Unusually dull.\u00a0 The women, unusually dressed.\u00a0 The men unusually distributed,<\/p>\n
an hour ago.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Either of the two – As every person.<\/p>\n
Received, now engaged.\u00a0 Seemed hard, and prompted the caustic remark,<\/p>\n
that fed.\u00a0 Their silence. He said.<\/p>\n
Reminded<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
of the silence, in the house.\u00a0 When each held – a lump.<\/p>\n
Stimulated by this.\u00a0 Liken some –<\/p>\n
to canary birds, to swine, and to loathsome reptiles.<\/p>\n
Curled round, decayed bodies of intermittent sounds.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Now – a throat clearing<\/p>\n
a patter of conversation, just declared.<\/p>\n
If you stand- when being mauled.<\/p>\n
these comparisons, did not rouse<\/p>\n
who, after a careful glance around the room<\/p>\n
fixed eyes, upon native spears.\u00a0 So ingeniously arranged.<\/p>\n
Their points clearly oblivious.<\/p>\n
Whereupon, perceiving. That<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
mind completely blank.\u00a0 Fixed attention<\/p>\n
more closely upon fellow creatures<\/p>\n
too far from them to hear what they are saying.<\/p>\n
Pleased. To construct little theories<\/p>\n
from their gestures and appearance.<\/p>\n
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Amanda Potter\u00a9: 2019 Poetry Marathon<\/p>\n
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