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Friday, April 8, 2011

Poem VIII - Ventriloquist.

Ventriloquist;
Mouth agape
words shoved in--
his lips
never make a ripple.
Anything he wants,
and I'll say it for him.
Hands
so tightly coiled
around my brain
my body
my spirit
is diminished,
and made false.

3 comments:

  1. Disturbing - there's a lesson here. Really good poetry always makes you question, think, act.
    Bravo!

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  2. I've felt like this. Some ladies have made me their puppet. It's really nobody's fault but mine. Great poem.

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  3. sad, elegantly put.

    ;)

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