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Rejection of Pedestalia
by Mainon A SchwartzTerrible, that such loftiness
Should bring me so low. I am
Swept unnoticed into sickling stream
Of underage paramours, all foam
And lusting at the mouths,
Afflicted with some dread disease
That spreads itself through sticky
Honeyed words and blind-eyed glances
Or trances. I'll have none of this
Hallucinatory heaven-- the bubbling
Grandeur erected in my honor
Makes me gag, and I will purge myself
From your consciousness, brick by
Brick, destroying every halo
My soiled hands can reach to tarnish.
I am to be had only in heaps
Of rubble-- come find me in my ruins. 10/26/2003 Posted on 10/26/2003
Copyright © 2025 Mainon A Schwartz
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Rachelle Howe on 10/26/03 at 06:27 AM holy be-GE-zuz. O.O the lines in this are charcoal ribbon... they've been wrapped around my throat, and taken each staggered breath. O.o dear, you never, ever cease (thank the gods...) one of my favs by you, by far. |
| Posted by Rachelle Howe on 10/26/03 at 06:28 AM the only thing: the cap. letters at the beginning of each line like, distracted me since in theory they wouldn't be in the sentences... but.. it's only a personal pref. :) |
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