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Free verse № 44793

how i love

by elizabethann

Member since 2003 · Posted 20 Mar 2003 · Edited 26 Mar 2004 · 9 comments

Do you ever use yourself as a piece of paper? Your name covers my hand. When it fades, I write it again. That's how I love, quietly. And when my ink runs out, I'll carve it into my flesh. It will never fade. That's how I love, painfully. I'll even get a tatoo. Use a needle and ink. That's how I love, passionately. You tell me you don't love me. Your name is still inscribed. I'll never get it taken off. That's how I love, endlessly.

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[7] Jeremi B. Handrinos 20-Mar-03/4:38 PM Reply
*Glad you are* get the tattoo, and prove it. In fact i would tattoo the poem on my tongue to really show the world the strength of your purpose and love.
[n/a] elizabethann › Jeremi B. Handrinos 20-Mar-03/4:41 PM Reply
I should get the poem tatooed on my tongue .. but then again I am a child and my mommy dearest wouldn't let me, so for now I'll just carve the poem into my arm, sound good? ;)
[8] Richard 25-Mar-04/2:48 PM Reply
Still, it's nice. A humble poet is not to be taken lightly :)
[10] zodiac › Richard 25-Mar-04/3:00 PM Reply
re "Still, it's nice. A humble poet is not to be taken lightly":

Do you have any idea what you're talking about? A humble poet is absolutely the first thing to be taken lightly, followed closely by stop-signs, 'deep thoughts and other abstractions', and dire predictions of global climate change.
[8] Richard › zodiac 30-Mar-04/5:58 PM Reply
IT WASN'T ME! I don't know who did, but I certainly did not piss in your wheaties!
[9] Shuushin › Richard 25-Mar-04/3:21 PM Reply
Agreed. Maybe there are humble poets still alive, but anyone having the audacity to put thoughts and heart to paper - and then to share them with the world, must be quite entirely full of themselves.

And in so doing, may sometimes be taken lightly.
[9] Shuushin 25-Mar-04/3:19 PM Reply
I'm okay with it too - could do without the lowercase i's though - they distract from the piece too much.

Too much self depreciation can get old quickly.
[10] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 26-Mar-04/12:45 PM Reply
An exploding hobo-activated guff vat of yearning. -10-
[10] fuzzylogicisatwat 27-Mar-04/12:46 AM Reply
An Acme douple-seated arse tractor of beards!