Nov 2018
you get thirty likes for one line
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love is banana pancakes and pyjamas
keep quiet in the graveyard, I say, for they can all hear us
falling is only falling if your head goes before the heart
breath is the unwrapping of a memory
your eyes are the rainbow kind of blue
I'd say I hate myself again but hate is a strong word
shakespeare, yeats, keats, plath and eliot laugh over breakfast
the clock cannot talk but tells me everything
sleep is the wicked playground of echoes and black eyes
do I like this what me you like me this
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love is banana pancakes and pyjamas
keep quiet in the graveyard, I say, for they can all hear us
falling is only falling if your head goes before the heart
breath is the unwrapping of a memory
your eyes are the rainbow kind of blue
I'd say I hate myself again but hate is a strong word
shakespeare, yeats, keats, plath and eliot laugh over breakfast
the clock cannot talk but tells me everything
sleep is the wicked playground of echoes and black eyes
do I like this what me you like me this
Written: November 2018.
Explanation: This is purely an experiment of sorts. I've seen many writers on here get more likes on one line than I have on any piece I've ever produced in the years I've been writing on and off here. There is no jealousy here, more a feeling of bafflement. A good poem is a good poem - no doubt about it - and maybe others may agree with me here... it can be disheartening when something you feel is really decent completely passes people by in favour of one line that could be anything but original.
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Explanation: This is purely an experiment of sorts. I've seen many writers on here get more likes on one line than I have on any piece I've ever produced in the years I've been writing on and off here. There is no jealousy here, more a feeling of bafflement. A good poem is a good poem - no doubt about it - and maybe others may agree with me here... it can be disheartening when something you feel is really decent completely passes people by in favour of one line that could be anything but original.
This piece will be removed soon.
