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Pencil Dust [revised] (Free verse) by SupremeDreamer
The tune of sorrow
speaks of tomorrow
in a lampshade casting
light on a dark empty street.
The sign of defeat
painted on the feet
of a beggar.
His brown coat floats
over worn boots;
the roots of poverty.
His footsteps speak
a tale of pale
bones that lie
lonely in the middle
of the road.
A young fool
goads the old man
to a duel of words
hung on the cords
of electricity hanging
across the globe.
Beneath the old man's robe
is a pen, rusty and covered
in a layer of dust.
The young man's pocket
held a pencil
stolen from the school
repository.
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Posted: July 30, 2003 6:32 PM PDT; Last modified: July 30, 2003 10:51 PM PDT
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