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The Next Day

August 28, 2012
By baileysul PLATINUM, Guilford, Connecticut
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"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." -Ernest Hemingway

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Doors open to sunset, the
last tomorrow-
do you need light to see?

And behind, darkness-
a burned out luminescent;
where is your reflection?

The crack in the doorway
lines with your feet
and you step forward

leaving an unmade bed
and yesterday's feeling in steps
toward an empty room.

© Russell S., Bethesda, MD

The author's comments:
I wanted the shape of this poem to stand out especially- the simple squared lines possess a certain steadiness, a certain rhythm.
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