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Spilling

by George Hoerner

i’ve spilled so much time
through these years of mine
with no remorse of course
not knowing what i’ve lost

i started early with bottles
well that wasn’t spilling
as much as testing
throwing into the waters

just a few years later i spilled
my mother out of our family
gone till she died
sixty-five years later

spilling friends from
home to Timbuktu
not knowing them
as i know no one

spilling semen amongst
all who would take it
and participate in knowing
this spirit of spilling

day by day
learning to spill myself
throwing one piece
at a time

but there is more
left to be spilled
tough it may be blood
it will be spilled
till there is nothing left

but old clothes
to be buried
or burned with me
on a pyre

02/10/2010

Posted on 02/21/2010
Copyright © 2024 George Hoerner

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Joan Serratelli on 02/21/10 at 08:28 PM

WOA! Very well done- from start to finish. Loved the images here- excellent read- thanks for sharing!

Posted by Charlie Morgan on 02/21/10 at 09:40 PM

...gives the name hardscrabble a human meaning, eh? sounds like you were a rounder. bury my clothes with me also. a life in lines.

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 02/22/10 at 02:52 AM

"Spilling" is such a cool word, the sound of it and the various uses. You've really outlined a life here in a fascinating way. "it will be spilled" - loved the definitive nature of this phrase.

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