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Anonymous asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 1 decade ago

More Hostage Negotiations. Comments/Critiques?

Julia

I googled you

you are doing well

and I wanted to drop a line

27 years ago I was in love with you

who begged me to come to Boston.

I quit two jobs, dropped out of college

and hopped a train to be with you.

You wouldn't take my security deposit

your sister wasn't moving out after all

you and I drank $500 in three weeks

and then you up and threw me out

While I was shivering on the street

you told all of our friends lies about me

homeless, friendless and drunk

I really had no resources to correct anyone.

I am doing well,

I survived your reindeer games.

I am surprised you are not in jail or dead by now.

I wish you well.

I hoped this email could maybe ruin your day though.

Comments/Critiques???

Update:

m,

being in touch with my feelings often involves contradictions. The fact that I am not "all there" does not mean I am not doing well, or getting better.

Denying the viciousness under the desire to make peace would not serve my recovery.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    A few days ago I saw an answer by someone posting under your name that read:

    "What poetry is today is a romantic delusional tradition carried on by adolescent girls and naive and vainglorious adults. It is a dead field carried on by hobbyists."

    At the time I guessed only some emo teen without a clue could be so dumb.

    Oh boy, right again.

  • 1 decade ago

    Now dont you play those reindeer games with her.

    Just flush that baby down the drain,

    Oh she’s become stale and ugly;

    It’s a new day, now see that train?

    Hop on it, it won’t be easy.

    Or run as far as you can go

    From all those 27 years;

    Stop googling her to say hello,

    Nor attempt to revive arrears.

    I’m no plumber but I’m quite sure

    She’s in the pipes, so drop the spade

    I’m no doctor but here’s a cure

    It’s called moving on, let it fade.

    You’ve come a long way with new friends

    Who truly care and comprehend.

  • 1 decade ago

    Regardless the why, have seen you lash out

    a number of times, but never without

    the curiously benign effect

    that no one feels the lash within this locus!

    You aim exclusively for some unfocused focus

    of your auspicious malicious intent

    so you just go on bein' a malcontent.

    It's okay wit' ever'one here, I strongly suspect!

  • 1 decade ago

    Ouch

    I like how the build up punctuates the conclusion.

    And the contradiction created by that conclusion.

    Obviously there is still some resentment lingering here, so the idea that I hope you are doing well really means I hope that you have decided to improve your character defects.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Ever so often it is good to revisit the land of misfit toys.

    'Denying the viciousness under the desire to make peace would not serve my recovery.'

    that is another quote fit for our society today. love it

  • 1 decade ago

    :(

    I want to cry for you here

    or wipe at a tear

    closing a door

    will help for sure

    but think about who you are

    not a drunk at a bar

    but a man of strength and reserve

    and a crapload of nerve

    well cry until it's fine

    and drop me a line

  • 1 decade ago

    Nice write and i hope you learned your lesson. Hey love is a dime a dozen so dont let this get you down.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    This 'email' is more appropriate

    for Yahoo's 'relationship' category -

    in question-form of course.

    With a massive over-haul,

    perhaps ?

    with a third-person he/she lead

    and body,

    a first-person volta

    and third-person twist in finale

    your 'story' could be poetic.

    Feelings 'touched' are too

    often told.

    Feelings brushed

    are painted.

    .

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    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    HH, hahahah, here I am, trying to scatter Light around this morning,

    and come upon this......"I wish you well." And I think, bless his little pea pickin' heart!!!

    Then....."I hoped this email could maybe ruin your day though."

    hahahahha

    Well, NO ONE can say you hide your truth....and while at times you KNOW you drive me crazy,

    you also know I have often stated, your honestly knows no bounds.

  • .
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Con artists do that, HH. We've all been conned ot of money or things or...Love. Good riddance to the sloot.

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