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Not for us do vistas spread, for “pastoral bliss” take ancient poets, who under skies kiss. For the internet kids, blinking lights of cities, blurring out under rain, singing ditties. We drink our fill (that trope remains), talk til dawn reminds us to go sleep, to bed? Lead on. “I won’t stop talking, I swear, I can’t, you’ll have to-“ Stop. Caution to winds, but haven’t a clue. Is this the new normal? How do I, what? I like you. That’s all. We do seem rather alike. An elegy for the awkward. Kisses and qualms. Have I touched your heart? Or just touched your palms?
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Apr 16, 2013
Apr 16, 2013 at 2:57 PM UTC
Elegy for the Awkward
Not for us do vistas spread, for “pastoral bliss” take ancient poets, who under skies kiss. For the internet kids, blinking lights of cities, blurring out under rain, singing ditties. We drink our fill (that trope remains), talk til dawn reminds us to go sleep, to bed? Lead on. “I won’t stop talking, I swear, I can’t, you’ll have to-“ Stop. Caution to winds, but haven’t a clue. Is this the new normal? How do I, what? I like you. That’s all. We do seem rather alike. An elegy for the awkward. Kisses and qualms. Have I touched your heart? Or just touched your palms?
nicky-van-der-watt
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South African
Apr 16, 2013
Apr 16, 2013 at 2:57 PM UTC
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