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Days of Silence (1-196) (Prose Poem) by impert&ent
16-Feb Tom is dead 17-Feb Ahmed is a student 18-Feb I’m a living furnace. 19-Feb Don't break up with me 20-Feb I have lost my umbrella 21-Feb I'm kind of tired today 22-Feb And how could it not be? 23-Feb I like the way you dress 24-Feb This is a Japanese doll. 25-Feb We don't need a new idea 26-Feb All is right in the world 27-Feb Can you help us find Tom? 28-Feb Except this is a big deal 01-Mar The river stole the gods. 02-Mar Are you watching the game? 03-Mar Because it made me want to 04-Mar Brain in a vat flies plane 05-Mar 6 with a measly .6 rating) 06-Mar It is, in other words, work 07-Mar Ow-ow-ouch Are you alright? 08-Mar The polls show a close race 09-Mar Tom said he liked the movie 10-Mar I guess I'll go now. Yiiikes 11-Mar It can't have just vanished! 12-Mar Remember to water the plants 13-Mar She's on her way to Thailand 14-Mar The top is turning clockwise 15-Mar Until you are no longer safe 16-Mar She did her best to help him. 17-Mar She is so beautiful! said one 18-Mar Tom got a small piece of pie. 19-Mar This story was updated on Nov 20-Mar A phone can also deliver music 21-Mar Don't you just love a mystery? 22-Mar Their spurious theory of a U.N 23-Mar We have a lot of rain in June. 24-Mar 3) What was the pilot thinking? 25-Mar A glittering gem is not enough. 26-Mar Don't step on the broken glass. 27-Mar Green might be over? Anna asked 28-Mar It had been thinning for months 29-Mar Pat ordered a ghost pepper pie. 30-Mar A Medicare panel for health care 31-Mar I covered my friend in baby oil. 01-Apr It was really easy, Lindsay says 02-Apr John Goodman is in this go-round 03-Apr Last year, they lost $16 billion 04-Apr Read the full story at TBray.org 05-Apr So long and thanks for the fish. 06-Apr There is no such thing as a must 07-Apr Western High School in Las Vegas 08-Apr Greetings from the real universe. 09-Apr I hear that Nancy is very pretty. 10-Apr I want more detailed information. 11-Apr I'll be happy to show you the way 12-Apr It’s not rocket science, she said 13-Apr Please wait outside of the house. 14-Apr That's what a recovery looks like 15-Apr The stranger officiates the meal. 16-Apr They may read the same newspapers 17-Apr Garlic ice-cream was her favorite. 18-Apr He may well be proud of his father 19-Apr I don’t want a one-state solution; 20-Apr I wasn't sure if Tom had eaten yet 21-Apr It must be five o'clock somewhere. 22-Apr John is more intelligent than Bill 23-Apr Sixty-Four comes asking for bread. 24-Apr The father died during childbirth. 25-Apr We should play with legos at camp. 26-Apr Art doesn't have to be intentional. 27-Apr I’m working on a sweet potato farm. 28-Apr I'm sure I can persuade Tom to help 29-Apr Many, however, will continue to try 30-Apr Not all people who wander are lost. 01-May She folded her handkerchief neatly. 02-May The door slammed on the watermelon. 03-May There was a life-sized Jesus puppet 04-May Tom blew his nose in a handkerchief 05-May Tom threw an empty beer can at Mary 06-May Getting up at dawn is for the birds. 07-May He colored deep space a soft yellow. 08-May He created a pig burger out of beef. 09-May He swore he just saw his sushi move. 10-May I absolutely hear what you're saying 11-May In both roles, he irked progressives 12-May In that instant, everything changed. 13-May Just go ahead and press that button. 14-May Once, the frontier meant moving west 15-May Pink horses galloped across the sea. 16-May When are you going to see Tom again? 17-May There's no tomorrow for these people 18-May Flying fish few by the space station. 19-May He drank life before spitting it out. 20-May I fully recognize and appreciate that 21-May We need to rent a room for our party. 22-May This is not necessarily shocking news 23-May Tom and his friends made a short film 24-May Yes, possibly even stranger than that 25-May Andy loved to sleep on a bed of nails. 26-May Combines are no longer just for farms. 27-May Courage and stupidity were all he had. 28-May I was kind of expecting that to happen 29-May I would like to eat breakfast with you 30-May Iguanas were falling out of the trees. 31-May That's not how I want to be remembered 01-Jun The sun had set and so had his dreams. 02-Jun The Yemeni paparazzi were always there 03-Jun You bite up because of your lower jaw. 04-Jun Your doctor says you're going to be OK 05-Jun He always wore his sunglasses at night. 06-Jun I love bacon, beer, birds, and baboons. 07-Jun It took him a month to finish the meal. 08-Jun On immigration, though, the story flips 09-Jun That was how he came to win $1 million. 10-Jun The mysterious diary records the voice. 11-Jun What year of medical school are you in? 12-Jun When he finished the work, he went home 13-Jun She was too short to see over the fence. 14-Jun The groups' efforts are yielding results 15-Jun The humans are stumbling upon something; 16-Jun There are no heroes in a punk rock band. 17-Jun There's a reason that roses have thorns. 18-Jun This book is sure to liquefy your brain. 19-Jun This article appears courtesy of CityLab 20-Jun Abstraction is often one floor above you. 21-Jun his seven-layer cake only had six layers. 22-Jun Interpreting is the basics of translation 23-Jun Don't put peanut butter on the dog's nose. 24-Jun Having no hair made him look even hairier. 25-Jun He found a leprechaun in his walnut shell. 26-Jun I need a ladder so I can get up to my roof 27-Jun Justice Department and FBI announced today 28-Jun Smoky the Bear secretly started the fires. 29-Jun The combined effect will be transformative 30-Jun He liked to play with words in the bathtub. 01-Jul He told us a very exciting adventure story. 02-Jul I don't consider my myopia as an impediment 03-Jul Joyce enjoyed eating pancakes with ketchup. 04-Jul Solar photovoltaic systems fare still worse 05-Jul The hand sanitizer was actually clear glue. 06-Jul They were excited to see their first sloth. 07-Jul the score, by Jonny Greenwood, mesmerizing; 08-Jul Dan took the deep dive down the rabbit hole. 09-Jul I had the satisfaction of finishing the work 10-Jul It was the best sandcastle he had ever seen. 11-Jul Jeanne wished she has chosen the red button. 12-Jul No one is allowed to translate this sentence 13-Jul The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 14-Jul Bill ran from the giraffe toward the dolphin. 15-Jul He dreamed of eating green apples with worms. 16-Jul He is no James Bond; his name is Roger Moore. 17-Jul I'm going to sleep, because I'm getting tired 18-Jul Is there someplace we could speak in private? 19-Jul The best key lime pie is still up for debate. 20-Jul I often see the time 11:11 or 12:34 on clocks. 21-Jul It was getting dark, and we weren’t there yet. 22-Jul She had the gift of being able to paint songs. 23-Jul A kangaroo is really just a rabbit on steroids. 24-Jul Carol drank the blood as if she were a vampire. 25-Jul It was the scarcity that fueled his creativity. 26-Jul My normal body temperature is around 37 degrees 27-Jul The Carolina Panthers conspicuously did nothing 28-Jul Tuesdays are free if you bring a gnome costume. 29-Jul This fish is bony and it is not easy to bone it 30-Jul All you need to do is pick up the pen and begin. 31-Jul Caesar led the whole cavalry across the mountain 01-Aug Everyone was busy, so I went to the movie alone. 02-Aug He enjoys practicing his ballet in the bathroom. 03-Aug Iron pyrite is the most foolish of all minerals. 04-Aug The knives were out and she was sharpening hers. 05-Aug Grape jelly was leaking out the hole in the roof. 06-Aug He hated that he loved what she hated about hate. 07-Aug I caught my squirrel rustling through my gym bag. 08-Aug Joe made the sugar cookies; Susan decorated them. 09-Aug Tom did some work for our company a few years ago 10-Aug He was sure the Devil created red sparkly glitter. 11-Aug I want to buy a onesie… but know it won’t suit me. 12-Aug If I don’t like something, I’ll stay away from it. 13-Aug Nobody questions who built the pyramids in Mexico. 14-Aug She looked into the mirror and saw another person. 15-Aug They looked up at the sky and saw a million stars. 16-Aug We were the laughingstock of the whole countryside 17-Aug Moderate exercise invigorates the blood circulation 18-Aug The ants enjoyed the barbecue more than the family. 19-Aug The body piercing didn't go exactly as he expected. 20-Aug There was coal in his stocking and he was thrilled. 21-Aug Two more days and all his problems would be solved. 22-Aug Choosing to do nothing is still a choice, after all. 23-Aug One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter 24-Aug She opened up her third bottle of wine of the night. 25-Aug The skeleton had skeletons of his own in the closet. 26-Aug We have to set up the tent in the shade of that tree 27-Aug But tell us, just what did you kill him for? For love 28-Aug He had accidentally hacked into his company's server. 29-Aug He ran out of money, so he had to stop playing poker. 30-Aug I am counting my calories, yet I really want dessert.

Up the ladder: What We Left
Down the ladder: Regency Mall, 1986

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Weighted score: 4.762871
Overall Rank: 11560
Posted: June 14, 2020 4:29 AM PDT; Last modified: June 14, 2020 4:29 AM PDT
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[n/a] impert&ent @ 127.0.0.1 | 14-Jun-20/7:28 AM | Reply
Poemranker was silent between February 15, 2019 and March 13, 2020. We had nothing to say for 390 days. I have filled that gap with one-line poems to make 56 weekly stanzas. We are now whole again.

This is the first 28 weeks.
[n/a] nentwined @ 127.0.0.1 > impert&ent | 11-Nov-20/3:23 PM | Reply
O_O
[n/a] Dovina @ 127.0.0.1 > impert&ent | 19-Nov-20/12:26 PM | Reply
We had something to say. Captive poets always do. But we say it where we have an audience -- poetry readings, facebook, zoom meetings, etc.

But nowhere on the internet is a better site for comments than here. What Nentwined engineered many years ago still supersedes any other interactive exchange of poetic commentary. Tell me if I am wrong.
[n/a] impert&ent @ 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 | 25-Nov-20/3:26 PM | Reply
This is my audience. I'm not sure there's ever been another. I have looked. And wished.

So the silence tells a story.
[n/a] Dovina @ 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 > impert&ent | 29-Nov-20/12:25 PM | Reply
I too have wished, and hoped that my returning to the empty room might draw some wayfarers. Thanks for showing up.
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