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SOMETIMES I'M JUST WATCHING

by W. Mahlon Purdin

Sometimes I begin it
Sometimes I'm deep within it
Sometimes all I do is spin it
But sometimes (sometimes) I can win it.

Grab the controls and twist the scene
From something nice and now obscene.
Bring new players on the stage
Shove new layers 'neath the page.

See the revolutions fade, the people run
See the evolutions gain, it's almost done.
Wonder what when it all up-ends
See how deep deep it all descends.

Sometimes I begin it
Sometimes I'm deep within it
Sometimes all I do is spin it
But sometimes (sometimes) I can win it.

Sometimes, I'm just watching
Sometimes I'm just wondering.
Mystified at the plundering.
Sometimes, I'm just watching.

Sometimes I begin it
Sometimes I'm deep within it
Sometimes all I do is spin it
But sometimes (sometimes) I can win it.

09/13/2008

Posted on 09/21/2012
Copyright © 2026 W. Mahlon Purdin

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 09/21/12 at 10:06 PM

Love the repetition, and I love those second and third stanzas. I just love every damn thing about this.

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