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by Soulo Jacob Bourgeau

Tap
tap tap tap
tap tap

i
typed out
my
soul for
you

tap tap
tap

though you
never
read
it

t-tAP
tap tap

if there were
a ‘delete love’
button

tap tap
tap tap

woulda hit
that long
ago

tap tap
tap tap

instead my
finger
tips full
of emotion
go
numb


tap taP
[backspace] lowercase ‘p’

stuck
punching
the carriage
return
to your
memory

06/16/2005

Author's Note: Any other ideas how to inject that key-tapping repetitive din into a poem? I'd love to hear them.**Thank you ALL for terrific critique (Christine - your commentary is a scarce and valuable commodity. Bottle it and you'll be rich).**

Posted on 06/16/2005
Copyright © 2024 Soulo Jacob Bourgeau

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Ava Blu on 06/16/05 at 04:23 PM

I love it; sounds great read aloud, which is always a test for poetry. I need a "delete love" button badly!

Posted by Ashok Sharda on 06/16/05 at 04:59 PM

Yes, one is helpless when the associations knocks our head and our fingers start 'tap tap tap'driven by the emotional energies generated by this association.

Posted by Dave Fitzgerald on 09/14/05 at 07:46 AM

Well done mate, I reckon you have hit the nail on the head for near enough every person on the planet. That's now a favourite.

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 12/31/06 at 04:56 PM

Something I've done several times myself. Great choice for POTD...congrats!

Posted by Leslie Ann Eisenberg on 12/31/06 at 06:13 PM

coolness, babe. congrats on POTD. XOPK

Posted by George Hoerner on 12/31/06 at 08:14 PM

Great POTD! How many of us would like to use the delete key to change the way things are or were? Great use of the keyboard analogy.

Posted by Michelle Angelini on 01/01/07 at 03:22 AM

Soulo, the analogy of typing and deleting feelings is unique. Isn't it incredible the parallels we find relating to things that have absolutely no connection. CONGRATULATIONS on POTD!
~Chelle~

Posted by Meghan Helmich on 06/10/08 at 08:19 PM

when you find the 'delete love' button, please pass it along!

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