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Dream of a Vanilla Sky (Free verse) by smlink84

Dream of a Vanilla Sky Moderated Infatuation controlled By the Vanilla Sky, A man walks through the autumn breeze With two blind eyes Bound together, in old straw and twine. The third eye is between his lips and ears Existing but invisible. The last leaf of autumn falls In his left pocket, His shirt is torn and his feet are Blistered. He carries tears with the wasted years, His hair is white Like the first snowfall of the winter, Left untouched. The sky grows darker But the man walks and walks With his assortment of belongings, Dreaming old and new fantasies…. Wanton face and the pale skin, Foils with the lewd colors Of an autumn wind yet to be born. He has a beard now And he lies still, You can see him there Lying on the gravel on his back, Watch the little maggots Enjoy a delightful five star meal. The maggots are white Just like his hair, Under the Vanilla Sky.

zodiac 1-Mar-04/9:05 AM
You may well laugh. I, however, do not find the preceding exchange funny at all. It's a sign of a sick sad time when a hard-working jerky-eating American finds himself mocked simply because he is not a Cack-Weatherby, 76th Earl of Westmoreland, or some such. Well I may not be titled aristocracy, Sir -=Dark_Angel=-, but I am its American equivalent, being heir to the enormous Milwaukie Brownstein Meat-Processing fortune, and in addition possessor of a four-year business degree from a reputable American university (which, unlike yourself, I have paid for.) I spend summers in various fashionable European vacation spots which I refer to in close company as 'foraging for culture' and which I secretly find boring and unhealthful to my digestive system. What's more, Mr. Lord -=Dark_Angel=-, I live in a sprawling modern ranch house with every imaginable appliance at my fingertips - while you, sir, rattling around in your crumbling ancestral manor, are barely able to afford the most basic contrivances in plumbing.




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