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August 12, 2013
By AbdiikassaSpudMufasa GOLD, Secaucus, New Jersey
AbdiikassaSpudMufasa GOLD, Secaucus, New Jersey
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Onto the next great adventure


by a bonded table we sat
the chairs bolted to
playing cards to a silence
only broken by desperate attempts
to make conversation happen
a silence that said
times had changed
and he sat across the table
my best friends of years past
his hands around her waist
easily resting there
and she looked me in the eyes
and i knew it was over
and i kept my smile rigid
and kept the humor light
while under my eyes
lived demons and sprites
whiskey and moonshine
fire and pain so raw it felt like i had
been skinned
and dipped
into the cold salty waters of an ocean
And for the first time
i sent a silent prayer
for my pain to end
and then she nuzzled him
and the comfort of the movement
ripped me from reality
and as i wept outside
i stacked my cards
won the game
and left
wondering how i could have been so bored with peace
that i invited war into myself


The author's comments:
hey. i can be petty too

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on Dec. 1 2013 at 12:32 pm
AbdiikassaSpudMufasa GOLD, Secaucus, New Jersey
18 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Onto the next great adventure

Thanks for the cool input:P

on Nov. 30 2013 at 10:06 pm
SpidersAcrossStars PLATINUM, Hayward, California
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Favorite Quote:
For you, a thousand times over.

I second Mckay...This was sooooo great.

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on Aug. 14 2013 at 3:43 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

Life can be ironic, eh? Sometimes break-up poems can become too cliche or pathetic to a point. But not this point. The emotion is tangible, the fustration is one that I know we've all felt, the imagery is on par with the emotion. Congrats on the Editors' Choice.