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This Is the Dumbest Poem I've Ever Written
by Michelle FloydThis is the dumbest poem I've ever written -
I'm sitting in the break room at work while you
bleed coffee black into Styrofoam and my teeth
ache for medium point against the skin
This is the dumbest poem I've ever written -
because the way your stark-hot shirt tucks
madly into your crevices
distracts me from some unknown force
at the gait of your hips
When I ran out of ink I implored
the stain of your tongue
and your eyes followed me across the floor
This is the dumbest poem I've ever written
lost where your smoke-line smiles end
We get the feeling we've done this before
The stupid things trailing us
Gone and lovely and evermore. 01/29/2008 Author's Note: I am fed up with me.
Posted on 01/30/2008
Copyright © 2024 Michelle Floyd
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 01/30/08 at 04:03 AM I think this is pretty damn good. But hey, what the hell do I know, right? Heh. |
| Posted by Christina Gleason on 02/03/08 at 05:10 PM We get the feeling we've done this before / The stupid things trailing us / Gone and lovely and evermore. || This is true. |
| Posted by Meghan Helmich on 07/07/08 at 05:52 PM this is not dumb. and if this is your dumbest, i feel like scum haha
work crushes are the worst(best?) |
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