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saltwater bath (Free verse) by J.B. Manning
Absence of sorrow fills my mind Tears burn the back side of my eyes, but I don’t cry I’m silent among singers Sweet, distant, and incomplete Sad songs sound like sexual encounters Burning bed sheets feel Like beds of flowers Answers laughing Anguish screeching There is No Prescription Bravery The refusal of your emotional Slavery I’m not stopping here This isn’t my choice It Never Was You found me running I saw you falling We collided But you said it was love And I Believed You

Down the ladder: Absurd

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Arithmetic Mean: 5.142857
Weighted score: 5.03842
Overall Rank: 7216
Posted: April 27, 2004 4:47 PM PDT; Last modified: April 27, 2004 4:47 PM PDT
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[5] deleted user @ 68.66.196.168 | 27-Apr-04/5:36 PM | Reply
How can the absense of something fill something? Absenteeism?
Best lines: You found me running/ I saw you falling/ We collided
[n/a] richa @ 81.178.217.164 > deleted user | 29-Apr-04/3:50 AM | Reply
meta-thought?
[n/a] J.B. Manning @ 64.136.26.226 | 27-Apr-04/8:17 PM | Reply
The absense of sorrow fills my mind...meaning that sorrow is not present. I dunno, I worded it that way with the intention of suggesting that sorrow was there, trying to invade my thoughts, but I wouldn't let it.

[4] Joe-joe @ 68.194.47.34 | 28-Apr-04/4:22 PM | Reply
The Law of Diminishing Returns asserts that marginal gains in profit begin to decrease at a certain point of production and that this reduction continues as more output is produced until marginal gains are actually negative (negative returns). I believe that this princiiple is actually at play with regard to your work which continues to be highly fragmented and disjointed, lacks originality and is agonizingly melodramatic. It all smells so much like a sorry assed soap opera...Hey but who am I to judge you .....my writing sucks too. Peace Joe-Joe
[n/a] J.B. Manning @ 64.136.27.229 > Joe-joe | 29-Apr-04/12:26 AM | Reply
I'm crushed! I wrote it just for YOU!!
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. @ 212.219.223.37 | 29-Apr-04/2:15 AM | Reply
DR E CARAWAX'S PROTOTYPE CHECKLISTE MARK II

[X] Arbitrary indentation
[X] Arbitrary linebreaks
[X] Melodramatic
[X] About romantic love
[X] Protaganist is a bummer
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