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A Cheeky Poem

February 6, 2016
By Lunch SILVER, Manila, Other
Lunch SILVER, Manila, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"There is always something left to love." – Gabo Marquez


I thought I saw you in a dusty book
Stalking inky blots like Carraway
But wasn't it all just a clever hook
With your chocolates and cabernet?

 

You never were that fancy
But I told you awfully politely
Please, you're lovely anyway

 

I thought I saw you in the sandy dune
Burning in the ultraviolet
Your 4x4 left tracks in the afternoon
And wrote my name in Letraset

 

The heat has turned me ruby
Or am I blushing much too fiercely?
See, you have me in a daze

 

I thought I saw you in a rocket ship
Forming branches of the universe
You kissed the stars with your rosy lips
And I stood to gain that curse

 

Your black hole eyes have got me
I can't escape your gravity
Look, you've caught me all the way

 

I saw you walking in the brick school hall
With your only shadow hand-in-hand
You came near as I felt my stomach fall
But I thought you might understand

 

So I asked you if you'd meet me
And you smiled back so unlikely
"Yes! How about Lay Ter in the day?"


The author's comments:

For a girl named Breakfast.


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on Feb. 16 2016 at 1:32 pm
theskylarksings GOLD, Columbia, Kentucky
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Mm. This is a poem to be savored. You hooked me with your Carraway/cabaret rhyme, it seems so fitting.

Lunch SILVER said...
on Feb. 12 2016 at 12:54 pm
Lunch SILVER, Manila, Other
5 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is always something left to love." – Gabo Marquez

Thanks! Yep, just in time for Valentines ;D

Lunch SILVER said...
on Feb. 12 2016 at 12:54 pm
Lunch SILVER, Manila, Other
5 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is always something left to love." – Gabo Marquez

Thank you! I honestly felt that line crossed the cheesiness limit, but I let it slip by anyway :)

on Feb. 12 2016 at 12:22 pm
guard-girl GOLD, Clover, South Carolina
10 articles 11 photos 147 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.&quot;<br /> Proverbs 3:5-6

This is really sweet and it makes me smile :) Your imagery is excellent - my favorite is the "black hole eyes", which seems dark at first glance, but the rest of that stanza ties it in nicely, especially the part about gravity; well done ;)

javar5311 said...
on Feb. 12 2016 at 11:28 am
javar5311,
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A REAL valentines poem. I never saw anything like this.

Lunch SILVER said...
on Feb. 12 2016 at 3:55 am
Lunch SILVER, Manila, Other
5 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is always something left to love.&quot; &ndash; Gabo Marquez

Thank you! Writing in such a light and bubbly tone's a bit of a new thing to me, but I thought it might've suited her more :)

on Feb. 12 2016 at 12:20 am
Allen. PLATINUM, Palo Alto, California
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Favorite Quote:
[i]No matter how much people try to put you down or make you think other things about yourself, the only person you can trust about who you really are is you[/i] -Crusher-P

Aw. Lots of cuteness in this poem... I love it!