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fragment (Free verse) by ecargo
And so the fall, lost past its masters’ keeping, uncounted hours, sands bleed red sky’s stain. With dawnlight rockets’ screams comes women’s weeping, Another golden hour of the reign. Turn blindly to the blare of hollow chatter, the flicker-flash of eons come undone, a thousand rockets burst in evening’s leavings, a thousand hopes lie shattered in the sun.

Up the ladder: Old ways
Down the ladder: The Drunkest ever

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Arithmetic Mean: 9.571428
Weighted score: 6.2294464
Overall Rank: 945
Posted: July 28, 2006 1:41 PM PDT; Last modified: July 28, 2006 1:41 PM PDT
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[9] Dovina @ 17.255.240.138 | 28-Jul-06/5:18 PM | Reply
I like the blare/Blair inuendo, if it is one - works for me. The "eons come undone" line reads as if some new thing is going on - new ways of doing it maybe. The thousand rockets equation to a thousand hopes makes it look like every rocket kills a hope, which is far from true. "past it's masters' keeping" shows the crude technology, and the rest shows how it is working.
[9] ALChemy @ 71.75.188.163 | 29-Jul-06/8:11 AM | Reply
Reminds me of the days of the cold war.
[10] MacFrantic @ 172.192.126.180 | 31-Jul-06/1:12 PM | Reply
Great meter. Just great.
[n/a] ecargo @ 167.219.88.140 > MacFrantic | 1-Aug-06/7:55 AM | Reply
Just your basic iambic pentameter, but thanks. ;)
[9] Ranger @ 81.156.72.146 | 1-Aug-06/12:41 AM | Reply
If 'blare' is meant as a pun, then I feel I must protest in the strongest possible way. Having been subject to his rule, I can safely say that his chatter is never empty. It is crammed to the rafters with bullshit.

Oh, and good poem ;-)
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