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Orbiting Bodies

by D. Xavier Bari

Wouldn't it be nice
for anybody to notice me?
But wait, today
there's a body
that's better than nobody
who needs a warm body, too.

Hey everybody!
I have somebody!
Look, here's proof!
A name!
A picture!
A cute story!
PROOF!

Maybe this means
I'm somebody, too.

08/31/2003

Posted on 08/31/2003
Copyright © 2024 D. Xavier Bari

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Kristine Briese on 09/01/03 at 01:00 AM

So many ways this could be interpreted.

Posted by Leslie Ann Eisenberg on 09/03/03 at 03:38 AM

Hey everybody! I have somebody! Look, here's proof! reminds me of high school.... funny, yet deep, too. enjoyable read.

Posted by Max Bouillet on 09/03/03 at 06:36 PM

Brilliant statement on those that have no identity and define themselves by whom they are with. Great poem with profound resonances.

Posted by Traci Mabats on 09/05/03 at 02:11 AM

arent those kind of relationships symbiotic anyways? (did I spell that right?)

Posted by Glenn Currier on 09/17/03 at 03:09 AM

fantastic title. the irony underneath pulled me to the final conclusion... how we need others and how that need sometimes defies our authenticity. Well done.

Posted by Ginette T Belle on 09/23/03 at 02:31 AM

simply wonderful, dear...

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