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 Sep 2012 A Duvall
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I dont want my temporary happiness hanging from you, tugging at your lips
Felt beneath my hips, as I lie still under your kiss

Cause my happiness is like a vine
That no good ****, clinging on to bricks, splint with twine
Pretty in it's own way but poison when you touch

Pieces of it living in the crevices and cracks
Determined to come back, always to come back, to try just one more time.

I'm afraid my happiness will entangle you,
And dare I fall, will strangle you
Leaving you helpless as I drop

See, this feeling it is temporary,
Sadness blooms inside of me
No matter how many chemicals or pills I pop
Like an axe to the vine, gone with one chop, one feathered tick of the clock

Never meant to grow again, but nonetheless,
will never stop.
 Aug 2012 A Duvall
Emily Raso
Waves
 Aug 2012 A Duvall
Emily Raso
She came here crashing inside this hollow chest of mine.
Glided on a wave as if she practiced it another time.
I said young lady, you don't come round here anymore.
She said "I'm the Aussie remember? I've come back for more.
I got sent away, now it seems I'm here to stay.
Take my hand dear, I've got a plan for today."
We watched the waves come crashing against our tired feet,
I told her I've got skeletons they even watch me when I eat.
She said " Dear, you mustn't not forget, at least those weary bones don't lay with you in bed.
I got issues, I got problems, I got war inside this mind of mine,
which is why I came to watch the waves collapse into the tide."
 Aug 2012 A Duvall
April Cameron
I was staring at the pompous Sun,
gleaming over water.
Its legs stretched out, one by one,
the desperate sea its fodder.

As I watched, I seemed to sense
a jealous sibling feeling.
Just east of this, the Moon just shone,
loneliness endearing.

"I'm sorry Moon," this I say,
I'm only facing west."
But his face, as I confessed,
I swear lost glow and jest,

I assured him of his beauty,
his loyal and regal air.
not 'sick and pale' with grief, once said,
but utter debonair.

A question's there, in the air,
the one I rose above;
"Then why on earth, little girl,
is the Sun the one you love?"

"That's incorrect, and so unfair,
dear Moon, for heaven's sake.
It's only if I turn my head,
I feel a dreadful ache."

The Moon still shone,
a quivering pool,
giant and yet so sad,
said no more
and looked ashore,
wishing what he had.

No more I looked,
no more I frowned,
enjoying the bright pink thrill.
How can I say,
"Sorry Moon,
we all prefer some frill."
 Aug 2012 A Duvall
Raven
Going on vacation in my spaceship to the moon
I'll call you from the station, but don't expect me soon
I'll probably stay the weekend, might even stay a week
When I'm all through playing "let's pretend" in the Land of Make Believe
I'll probably orbit Jupiter and build a sand castle on Mars
Then I think I'll take a cruise through Orion's Belt of stars
I'll go find the Tomb of Major Tom
I'll figure out how it all went wrong
I can't lie I might be gone long
Long gone
And when I've got these dealings done
I'll set a course straight for the sun
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Planet Earth is blue and it's all because of you.

— The End —