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Ends with a Clatter

Tonight is the night we all dread and fear,

     because of the tensions arisen by them.

Who will be next and who will see me in the

the mirror of the dungeon...

Who breaks it down and rebuilds

       when it ends with the sound of a clatter?

We speak of the danger and peril of fate to

decide on life.  Who wants to know the

meaning  of sounds, the

meaning of love, the

meaning of hate.

Who can pretend to know;

when pretending ends with a clatter...

     Send the village a card addressed to Bill.

He knows the feeling I speak of.

The peace in my mind,

the love in my heart

the spirituality that,

         ends with a clatter...

No one can tell a person in distress;

one who feels with emotion and

confusion.

Confusion of what?

I wish and oppose to know.

I want and I fear the knowledge.

I receive and I squander the thought of love.

But as always fate shows the upper hand;

and by the fury of all mankind,

ends with a clatter....

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Written by
allen-smuckler
American
Published
May 19, 2011
Lines·Words
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Notes

Copyright, February 24, 1968

This was my gloom and doom period where poem after poem contained the same theme(s) of death, destruction, and finality.  Also, the Bible played a big part in my poetry though I wasn't a religious person.

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