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The Web Poetry Corner - Dwayne Pagnotto - A Flagrant Violation of Perceived Opposites

A Flagrant Violation of Perceived Opposites

by

Dwayne Pagnotto

He smiled in wretched sadness

Weeping brittle tears of joy

at the empty hole his life had become.

We wrote a letter in pencil

to his dearly departed friend

but ran out of ink

so he started all over again

at the end.

I think of you sometimes

when the warm winter winds blow

dragging with it, dustdrops

of water.

They form your face in the street

but then the cold-hearted Sun dries your smile away.

Yet, I remember you.

I recall fondly, the time we spent apart.

I still have all the letters you never sent me.

Thank you for those.

Those conversations we never had

I replay them over and over again in my mind.

All those awkward trips

our mothers made us go on together.

I'm sorry I never showed up.

I hope I never see you again

one day soon.

I miss hearing

the sound of your silence.

Eve and the boys send love and flowers.

We all miss you terribly

you rotten bastard.

Hope you're doing well

in Hell.

Regretfully,

Your friend Adam.

NEXT?
Why don't you look at I could not bring myself
by: Francis Duggan
from: Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia

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