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i had a one night stand with the grim reaper
by Rachelle Howeher eyes were death.
i was imbibed by her grim reaper sensibilities.
her scythe-clad hands held me,
cut me to the quick, and
i bled out before i had even begun.
she said swallow, and
i said i hadn't a throat.
she said, well that's just too bad
'cause the bittersweet
is coming down the shaft.
i told her to dig it; she said thrust.
we did.
all night.
she said breathe and
i said i'd been floating face down for
far too long.
we were written in the sheets,
and of that night, all that's left
are the stains.
10/04/2003 Author's Note: full credit and a big huge THANK YOU to kristine briese. she said, "i've been floating face down" and from that came this. if you guys haven't started worshiping her yet, get to it. now.
Posted on 10/04/2003
Copyright © 2024 Rachelle Howe
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kristine Briese on 10/04/03 at 10:00 PM Oh, now, look here. In all innocence I came to check out your new poem (which, by the way, is awesome). And look at that! You put MY NAME down there for just anybody to see, and now I'm all blushing and embarrassed! Why can't you just send everybody to the zoo to watch the monkeys? |
| Posted by Trisha De Gracia on 10/05/03 at 02:26 AM This poem is... wow. Yes, that works. this poem is wow. |
| Posted by Quinlan L Gibson on 10/05/03 at 04:25 PM there's nothing like anger with the stigma of sex to fuel it. This is highly flammable! |
| Posted by Mainon A Schwartz on 10/05/03 at 10:30 PM "she said swallow / and i said i hadn't a throat" is masterful-- and if your narrator can't breathe from being face down for so long, the poem breathes for her, pure breaking-the-surface fresh air. |
| Posted by Amanda L Marron on 10/08/03 at 01:14 AM wow, this left me whirling. i've had a night such as described. but you put it in words. |
| Posted by Ginette T Belle on 10/08/03 at 02:53 PM love the last stanza...brilliant... |
| Posted by Aaron Blair on 10/08/03 at 11:22 PM from one kristine worshipper to another: good job. |
| Posted by Angela Stevens on 07/15/11 at 07:31 PM Definitely a wow to this. You had me intrigued by the title and the poem was just as good. |
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