Monday, August 22, 2011

i'm not a poet

but i play pretend


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we speak in tongues
tongue the truth
taste the truth
roll it, swirl it around
spit it out
say something sweeter
instead

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our entire language is innuendo
we speak in circles around the truth
word games so we don’t have to admit
what we don’t want to believe
what i am for you, and you for me
say something besides the truth
it’s our only chance to make it out
alive.

3 comments:

Random Girl said...

love how this one moves, very fluid and rolling in thought and structure.

Lazidaisical said...

Love this. Especially the first part; it sounds very pretty and dirty and lyrical at the same time. :)

alyssa said...

thanks ladies. it's the result of things i tweeted/tumbled (and then redecorated a little bit) last week and i figured.. hey, why not, let's pretend it's poetry and not random combinations of words