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M Clement Jun 2013
By far, the worst part of growing up,
Other than responsibility,
Is realizing the things that are the most helpful
May also hurt the most
M Clement Jun 2013
Mr. O'Leary spoke to the wooden spoon
I don't quite remember what he said
But he looked at me with queer eyes
And never spoke again

I remember that day vividly
As the cat fell atop my forehead
And the sky turned gray
As no one danced, that day
And something fell into my vat

A child, a child!
Made of potatoes and rye
Fell into a vat, and like a child, did cry

I flipped the bird's nest
And broke the camel
To save that child's face

But nothing, alas nothing could this day, erase.
Nonsense poetry at its finest?
M Clement Jun 2013
I think, in essence
What I'm striving for
(Eservescence)
Is sitting on the face of luxury

At least, that's what it feels like
My compass is off
And as many have probably asked
Where am I going, St. Anthony?
Can God find me here?

The answer's always yes,
But there are times
Where I feel like I don't want to be found
And I don't want to talk to you or the next person or the next person or the next person or the next person

So I sit with a stone jaw
And a steel resolve

I'm done.






Find me here, someone,

And take me to someplace nicer than this.
There's got to be someplace nicer than this.
M Clement Jun 2013
I think I need a walk
I need a walk

It is to clear my head
To clear my head

Of all the echoes in silence
The echoes in silence

I can no longer hear myself
No longer hear myself

And thinking is never the same
Is never the same

I keep writing the same words
Writing the same words

I hope to get them out
To get them out
of my brain
M Clement Jun 2013
I know you like to read what I wrote
And I love to read what you write
And we'll keep peering into each other's lives
Letter by letter
Word by word
Until sooner or later,
We're present

But until then
Our minds will fill in the blanks
M Clement May 2013
You once told me about your pain
It's in your leg
And I'd watch you wince as you walked
You'd say "I'm fine"
I knew so different

After a while you'd say there's a gnawing pain
That it no longer hurt as bad

I think I know what that feels like now
M Clement May 2013
5am
I awoke early morning
And saw a hand to my side
reaching so silently for my face
I pressed my head against it

Only to realize

It was no hand

It was a blanket tucked a certain way
And I was lying on a twin mattress

Alone
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