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Plastic Explosive Iraqi-Man (Free verse) by Enkidu
The day after the end of the casteless world A maskless god touched vanity as it lie But despite the pleading grace of anonymity We perished The golden sands of earth burned away to fire Glass borders unveiled a machine-gun eulogy Echoes ringing through the stoney chapels Or tombs A papered cleric invited the moon to pray Line by line space divided time; a statue Ran away wind and bastardized creation Broken

Up the ladder: Low
Down the ladder: Mingy

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Arithmetic Mean: 6.5
Weighted score: 5.4034123
Overall Rank: 3160
Posted: April 5, 2004 8:11 PM PDT; Last modified: April 5, 2004 9:23 PM PDT
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[7] zodiac @ 67.240.155.82 | 5-Apr-04/9:14 PM | Reply
"The day after the end of the castless world" -- can you explain what this means?
[n/a] Enkidu @ 198.81.26.15 | 5-Apr-04/9:21 PM | Reply
Sorry, castless should be cast-e-less.
But the current meaning could be interpreted as if the world was devoid of people, or its "cast."
[7] zodiac @ 67.240.155.241 > Enkidu | 6-Apr-04/4:17 AM | Reply
"The day after the end of the cast-e-less world" -- can you explain what this means?
[5] deleted user @ 32.103.153.67 | 6-Apr-04/10:45 AM | Reply
Have a 5 just because I don't know what you are talking about or how it relates to the title.
[9] Shuushin @ 64.223.164.155 | 13-Feb-05/6:20 AM | Reply
Ineresting style, I like it.

Feels like a synthesis of something, if you told me it was generated via a program I would not be surprised - nor would I like it any less.
[n/a] MacFrantic @ 152.163.100.67 | 13-Feb-05/9:52 AM | Reply
Ah, middle-eastern inspiration. I can't believe people failed to get this.
-Enkidu
-D. $ Fontera
[n/a] richa @ 81.178.227.200 > MacFrantic | 15-Feb-05/3:37 PM | Reply
Perhaps it was because you had some wonderful insight about the middle east and people dying or whatever and then you proceeded to write as vaguely as possible.
[n/a] Dovina @ 12.72.4.92 > richa | 15-Feb-05/4:26 PM | Reply
You appear to be in complete agreement with the Deleted User above. perhaps a déjà vu of some fantasy in dream-like romantic menory.
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