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Free verse № 140092

Lick up your ears

Member since 2005 · Posted 3 Mar 2006 · 9 comments

Today I’ve decided I wasn’t killed. No way. Never gunned down in some back alley like a rabiatic mandog who, directed by witty yells, is hunting for the lucky birds’ balls. No. Today I’ll stay ground level with nailed paws and a chest full of lead in which, somewhere, your name is ringing. Fingering through garbage years, regrettably fumbled receipts, sailing certificates to go on and on and on, I’ll hiccup my foam, lick your ear with what’s left of my tongue, once such a virtuoso sluggish grater of the all too ordinary. Today they’re playing these beautiful old songs I learn how not to finish your sentence

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A favorite of Ranger.

9 comments

[9] ALChemy 4-Mar-06/9:37 AM Reply
Surely you've heard the saying "prick up your ears" which is meant to be misheard as "prick up your rears"?
[n/a] Dental Panic › ALChemy 5-Mar-06/4:20 AM Reply
I've heard it - seen the movie too. Oldham's best part, methinks.
Prick up your arse?
[9] ALChemy › Dental Panic 5-Mar-06/4:46 AM Reply
Gary Oldman also directed it.
[n/a] Dental Panic › ALChemy 5-Mar-06/4:22 PM Reply
No. Stephen Frears.
[9] Dovina 4-Mar-06/9:51 AM Reply
I laughed and related - a good read.
[n/a] Dental Panic › Dovina 5-Mar-06/4:24 AM Reply
Thanks.
[9] Ranger 5-Mar-06/10:25 AM Reply
I love 'virtuoso sluggish grater', a drunk trying to say 'guitar', always amusing.
This is very good indeed!
[n/a] Dental Panic › Ranger 5-Mar-06/4:23 PM Reply
much thanks form a grateful drunk.
[9] Ranger 3-Jul-07/2:43 AM Reply
Wow - I just rediscovered this little gem. 'Today I've decided I wasn't killed. No way' is the best thing I've read for some time. Glorious, and favourited.