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ON that
FINAL
DAY
at the
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OF THE { OUR } WORLD
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we won’t need
a g-O-D
to JudGE uS
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can any woman or man truly face their own death without
ac-KNOWLEDGE-ing
H • O • W
they lived their LIFE?
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WHO
U {among} S
can DIE
with•OUT
RE-
morse?
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{ maybe those who die young }
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but
NOT
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for
fucking
suRE!
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{ one of many deadly S•i•N•s i have committed }
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will i REGRET
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{ far beyond innocence by the time i found out }
MY NAME MEANS
“God J-U-D-G-E-S me”
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so what the F U C K!
there’s been
too little
J – O – Y
too much
p - a – i – n
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a D R O U G H T
of L O V E
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a F L O O D
of L O N E liness
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but A L W A Y S i stayed true to MY-self
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i CAN’T believe in
H E A V E N
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i DON’T WANT TO believe in
H E L L
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but wherever that final journey takes me
i WON’T walk in the shadow of DEATH
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you’ll find me leading the way
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artwork ~ “Lausanne Abstract” Francis Picabia
{ fair use }
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this is my submission to ~
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Meeting the Bar: Postmodern (Experimental) at dVerse ~ Poets Pub
prompt: experimental art
* use the etymology of one’s own name ~
dani ~ English pet form of the French ‘Danielle’ meaning “God is my judge”
or, using my full name: danette ~ French feminine form of the Hebrew ‘Daniyel’ meaning “God judges me”
thank you, Anna!
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i am also participating in ~
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lyrics ~
Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don’t even know the name
But if I did, well really, what’s it to you?
There’s a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn’t matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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wow, this is a feast for the senses!
loved what you did here – if that isn’t postmodern poetry, I don’t know what is. sharp and precise… great work!
thank you so much, Miriam! ♥ i really appreciate your visit and kind comment!
Strong voice Dani, enjoyed the words flying up and down the page ~ And that is one of my all times fav song ~ Take care ~
thank you, Grace! ♥ i appreciate your visit and comment!!
ha, i love the strength of your convictions..and your word play throughout…i guess none of us really know what is on the other side and by the time we get there it will be too late to change it…lead on…smiles.
thanks, Brian! {smile}
Dani, I guess I will just say I just don’t know what to say….but I have read your thoughts.
thank you, Mary! ♥
you know…i have a lot of things, that i regret..and without forgiveness, i think i wouldn’t walk anywhere…ha…see… staying true to oneself surely is a good thing..smiles
i can forgive others much easier than i can forgive myself. {smile} thanks for your visit and comment, Claudia! ♥
Very eye-catching format! It works well with the message. All the emphasis in all the right places. Emotion packed for sure.
thank you very much, Sheila! ♥ i love to do visual poetry.
This is TOTALLY awesome, sis! I love the way you put ‘among’ between the U and the S in “us”! The whole thing is great, and made me smile big in both pleasure and recognition. Our mistakes will always be of commission, never omission, and we are always true to ourselves, aren’t we, Sista Poet?
PS–David was ‘the barefoot king”, not ‘the baffled king’. I know my scripture, for being a vampire queen and all. ;-)
i don’t know ANY scripture! can i blame my mother for all my faults because she didn’t take me to church? {smile} ♥
a baffled king sounds nice as well i think
i haven’t listened to the song again to see if that’s what he actually says, but i think it probably is. it’s one of my favorite songs. thank you so much for your visit and comment. ♥
Dani, this is the real evident of a real inventive writing… you seriously experiment with all the words and thoughts you gathered in your mind… and yes, i find this really strong to read and getting more and more affecting as i follow your path… brilliant.. smiles… happy new year to you & yours…
thank you so much, Kelvin! you’re too kind!!! happy {almost} new year! {smile}
Wow! Cool!
thank you, ayala! ♥ i appreciate your visit and kind comment!
Defiant and visually fascinating. I apologize for the delay in commenting as an injury prevented me from typing.
please don’t apologize ~ i just hope that your recovery will be swift! thank you for the excellent prompt! i really had fun with it! {smile} happy new year! ♥